Just before each
crus Crus can refer to:
*''Crus'', a subgenus of the fly genus '' Metopochetus''
*Crus (lower leg)
*Crus, a plural of Cru (wine)
*CRUs, an abbreviation of Civil Resettlement Units
* Rektorenkonferenz der Schweizer Universitäten (CRUS; English: Recto ...
of the
penis
A penis (plural ''penises'' or ''penes'' () is the primary sexual organ that male animals use to inseminate females (or hermaphrodites) during copulation. Such organs occur in many animals, both vertebrate and invertebrate, but males d ...
meets its fellow, it presents a slight enlargement, which
Georg Ludwig Kobelt named the bulb of the corpus cavernosum penis. The bulb of penis is also known as the urethral bulb.
The bulb is
homologous to the
vestibular bulbs
In female anatomy, the vestibular bulbs, bulbs of the vestibule or clitoral bulbs are two elongated masses of erectile tissue typically described as being situated on either side of the vaginal opening. They are united to each other in front by ...
in females.
Additional images
File:Gray1142.png, Male urethra.
File:Gray1158.png, Diagram of the arteries of the penis.
References
External links
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Mammal male reproductive system
Human penis anatomy
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