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A.—Diagram of the primitive urogenital organs, from 'Diagrams to show the development of male and female generative organs from a common type' * w, w. Right and left Wolffian ducts. The observable, visual differences become apparent between male or the female reproductive organs are not seen initially.
In human anatomy, the penis (/ ˈ p iː n ɪ s /; pl.: penises or penes; from the Latin pēnis, initially "tail" [1]) is an external sex organ (intromittent organ) through which males urinate and ejaculate.
The penis length may shorten slightly if the part of the urethra within the prostate is also removed. [36] General complications due to surgery can also develop, such as infections , bleeding , inadvertent damage to nearby organs or within the abdomen, and the formation of blood clots .
One difference between the glans penis and the glans clitoridis is that the glans clitoridis packs nerve endings into a volume only about one-tenth the size of the glans penis. Therefore, the glans clitoridis has greater variability in cutaneous corpuscular receptor density (1-14 per 100× high-powered field) compared with the glans penis (1-3 ...
Seminal fluid continues down the ejaculatory duct into the prostate gland, where an alkaline prostatic fluid is added. [4] This addition provides the texture and odor associated with semen. [ 4 ] The alkalinity of the prostatic fluid serves to neutralize the acidity of the female vaginal tract in order to prolong the survival of sperm in this ...
The body of the penis is suspended from the pubic symphysis. [7] It has two surfaces; the dorsal and the ventral or urethral.The penile raphe runs on its ventral surface.. The body is surrounded by a bi-layered model of tunica albuginea in which a distal ligament buttresses the glans penis and plays an integral role to the penile fibroskeleton, and the structure is called "os analog", a term ...
The bulb of penis is the proximal/posterior bulged [1] end of the (unpaired median) corpus spongiosum penis. Together with the two crura (one crus on each side of the bulb), it constitutes the root of the penis. [2] It is covered by the bulbospongiosus. Proximally/posteriorly, the bulb of penis extends towards the perineal body. The bulb ...
Diagram showing the position of the prostate and rectum. Date: 30 July 2014 (released by CRUK) Source: Original email from CRUK: Author: Cancer Research UK: Permission (Reusing this file) This image has been released as part of an open knowledge project by Cancer Research UK. If re-used, attribute to Cancer Research UK / Wikimedia Commons