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Penile artery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (92 words) |
 | The penile artery (also known as the common penile artery) is the artery that serves blood to the penis. |
| The penile artery is particularly susceptible to trauma. |
| Impact to the groin causing damage to the artery is a common cause of sterility in young men. |
| Male Genital Anatomy (2714 words) |
| The underlying fascial layer or dartos fascia (Colles’ fascia) is continuous with Scarpa’s fascia of the lower abdominal wall; inferiorly, it continues as the dartos fascia of the scrotum and Colles’ fascia of the perineum and attaches to the posterior border of the perineal membrane. |
| The dorsal artery of the penis is the termination of the penile artery; it runs over the resepctive crus and then along the dorsolateral surface of the penis as far as the glans between the dorsal vein medially and dorsal nerve of the penis laterally. |
| The venous tributaries between the sinusoids and the subabugineal venous plexus are compressed by the dilating sinusoids and the stretched tunica albuginea. |
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