4 penis (workbook) p,65

Question 1

what is the penis formed of?

Answer 1

3 cylindrical bodies of erectile tissue

Question 2

what is the penis formed of?

Answer 2

3 cylindrical bodies of erectile tissue

Question 3

what are the 3 cylindrical bodies of penis?

Answer 3

2 corpora cavernosa penis

single corpus cavernosum urethrae (corpus spongiosum)

Question 4

what is the blood supply to the penis via?

Answer 4

the cavernous arteries and branches of the internal pudendal artery

Question 5

what is venous drainage to the penis via?

Answer 5

superficial and deep dorsal veins

Question 6

what is control of erection dependent upon?

Answer 6

adequate neurological regulation, arterial flow and functioning venous drainage

Question 7

what are the corpora?

Answer 7

a network-like traveculae of fibromuscular tissue ramified by spaces which become fillwed with blood during erection

Question 8

in the flaccid condition of the organ, what do the cavernous spaces contain? appear?

Answer 8

contain little blood and appear as collapsed irregular clefts

Question 9

what are the corpora surrounded by?

Answer 9

a thick band of CT

Question 10

what are the 3 cylindrical bodies of penis?

Answer 10

2 corpora cavernosa penis

single corpus cavernosum urethrae (corpus spongiosum)