Corpus cavernosum penis
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| Corpus cavernosum penis | ||
|---|---|---|
| Transverse section of the penis. | ||
| Latin | corpus cavernosum penis | |
| Gray's | subject #262 1248 | |
| System | ||
| MeSH | [1] | |
| The constituent cavernous cylinders of the penis. | ||
The corpus cavernosum penis is one of a pair of sponge-like regions of erectile tissue which contain most of the blood in the penis during penile erection. This is homologous to the corpus cavernosum clitoridis in the female; the body of the penis contains erectile tissue in a pair of corpora cavernosa (literally "cave-like bodies"), with a recognisably similar structure.
Anatomy
The two corpora cavernosa and corpus spongiosum (also kno
