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Deep artery of the penis

Deep artery of the penis

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The deep artery of the penis (artery to the corpus cavernosum) is a small collateral[1] branch of the internal pudendal artery that supplies the corpus spongiosum. The artery enters the crus of penis at the crus' anterior extremity.[2]

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Anatomy

Origin

The deep artery of the penis one of the terminal branches of the internal pudendal artery.[citation needed] It arises from the internal pudendal artery posterior to the inferior edge of the symphysis pubis[1] while the internal pudendal artery is situated between the two fasciæ of the urogenital diaphragm (deep perineal pouch).[citation needed]

Course and fate

It traverses the pelvic floor, then immediately enters the corpus cavernosum penis.[1] It runs anterior-ward in the center of the corpus cavernosum penis, to which its branches are distributed.[citation needed]

In the center of the corpus cavernosum, it splits into an anterior branch (which supplies the anterior two-thirds of the corpus cavernosum), and a recurrent branch (which supplies the posterior one third of the corpus cavernosum).[1]

Additional images

  • Arteries and veins of the penis (Spanish)
  • The penis in transverse section, showing the blood vessels.
  • The penis in transverse section, showing the blood vessels, including the deep artery

References

  1. [1]
    "artère profonde du pénis - Dictionnaire médical de l'Académie de Médecine". www.academie-medecine.fr. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
  2. [2]
    Sinnatamby, Chummy S. (2011). Last's Anatomy (12th ed.). p. 319. ISBN 978-0-7295-3752-0.

Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 620 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)


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