Visceral systems
Corpus cavernosum of penis
Corpus cavernosum penis
- System
- Visceral systems
- Regions
- Trunk, Pelvis
- Part of
- Penis
DescriptionUnreviewed
A corpus cavernosum penis (singular) (literally "cave-like body" of the penis, plural corpora cavernosa) is one of a pair of sponge-like regions of erectile tissue, which contain most of the blood in the penis during an erection.
Such a corpus is homologous to the corpus cavernosum clitoridis in the female; the body of the clitoris that contains erectile tissue in a pair of corpora cavernosa with a recognisably similar structure.
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Names
- Latin
- Corpus cavernosum penis
- English
- Corpus cavernosum of penis
- French
- Corps caverneux du pénis
- Spanish
- Cuerpo cavernoso del pene
- Portuguese
- Corpo cavernoso do pênis