penis Flashcards
1
Q
What is the penis?
A
male sex organs
2
Q
What does the the penis have for semen and urine?
A
a common outlet
3
Q
What are the parts of the penis?
A
root
body
glans
4
Q
What are the ere tile tissue of the penis?
A
Has 3 cylindrical bodies of erectile cavernous tissue – corpora cavernosum, corpus spongiosum
5
Q
What is the blood supply of the penis?
A
Internal pudendal Dorsal artery Helcine arteries - deep artery artery of bulb Veins drain into deep dorsal vein all branches of the internal pudendal
6
Q
What artery is responsible for the erection of the penis?
A
helcine arteries
7
Q
What limits the size and the hardness of the penis?
A
tunica albigenis
erictile tissue cannot swell pass that size
blood enters then the venous return is closed off
