Male External Genitalia Flashcards
What are the male external genitalia?
- scrotum
- penis
What is the scrotum?
a cutaneous pouch
What does the scrotum contain?
- testes
- epididymis
- lower part of the spermatic cord
Where is the scrotum located?
behind the penis and below the pubic symphysis
What marks the division of the scrotum into left and right compartments?
a median raphe
What is the blood supply to the scrotum?
- external pudendal artery
- posterior scrotal branch of internal pudendal artery
What is the nerve supply to the scrotum?
- anterior scrotal branch of ilioinguinal nerve
- genital branch of genitofemoral nerve
- posterior scrotal branch of perineal nerve
- perineal branch of posterior cutaneous nerve of thigh
What is the penis?
the male organ of copulation
What does the penis consist of?
- root
- body
What is the root of the penis?
- the attached, nonmobile portion
- it lies in the superficial perineal pouch
- consists of three masses of erectile tissue:
1. left and right crus of the penis
2. bulb of the penis
Describe the crura of the penis.
- each originates from the ramus of the corresponding ischium posteriorly
- each runs forward to join the crus of the contralateral side near the pubic symphysis
What covers the crura of the penis?
each is covered by an ischiocavernosus muscle
What do the crura become below the pubic symphysis?
the corpora cavernosa of the body of the penis
Describe the bulb of the penis.
- lies between the two crura in the superficial perineal pouch
- runs forward
What covers the bulb of the penis?
covered by the bulbospongiousus muscle