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Encyclopedia > Corpus spongiosum

Corpus spongiosum (Plural: Corpora Spongiosa) is the mass of spongy tissue surrounding the male urethra within the penis. Many males find it pleasureable when itis touched. Biological tissue is a substance made up of cells that perform a similar function. ... Male anatomy Female anatomy In anatomy, the urethra is a tube which connects the urinary bladder to the outside of the body. ... The penis (plural penises) or phallus (plural phalli) is the external male copulatory organ of some animals, and, in mammals, the external male organ of urination. ...


See also Corpus cavernosum A corpus cavernosum is one of a pair of a sponge-like regions of erectile tissue which contain most of the blood in the male penis during erection. ...


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Corpus cavernosum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (422 words)
A corpus cavernosum is one of a pair of a sponge-like regions of erectile tissue which contain most of the blood in the male penis during erection.
A little blood enters the corpus spongiosum; the remainder engorges the corpora cavernosa, which expand to hold 90% of the blood involved in an erection, increasing both in length and in diameter.
The female anatomy has no corpus spongiosum, but instead two vestibular bulbs beneath the skin of the labia minora (at the entrance to the vagina), which expand at the same time as the glans clitoris to cap the ends of the corpora cavernosa.
Male Genital Anatomy (2714 words)
The corpus spongiosum with the urethra is related to the ventral aspect of the penile shaft and expands distally to from the glans penis.
Buck’s fascia is the deep layer of the penile fascia that covers both the corpora cavernosa and the corpus spongiosum in separate fascial compartments.
The corpus spongiosum becomes bulbous where it is covered by the bulbospongiosus to form the urethral bulb.
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