Penile ultrasound

Question 1

Cavernosal artery

Answer 1

Arteries that have helicine arterial branches, which provide blood flow to the erectile tissue within the corpora

Question 2

Corpora cavernosum

Answer 2

The erectile tissue of the penis along the the corpus spangiosum

Question 3

Corpus spangiosum

Answer 3

Column of spongy tissue that runs through the shaft (body) and the glans (head) of the penis and surrounds the urethra as well as contains blood vessels that fill to help make an election and keep the urethra open during an erection

Question 4

Fossa navicularis

Answer 4

A short dilated portion of the shaft, spongy, penile portion of the male urethra within the glans penis just proximal to the external urethral meatus

Question 5

Glans penis

Answer 5

The rounded gland like head of the penis

Question 6

Priapism

Answer 6

A Prolonged election of the penis without sexual arousal

Question 7

What are the three silidrical structures of the penis

Answer 7

2 copora cavernosum
1 corpus spongiosum

Question 8

Bucks fascia

Answer 8

A thick fibrous loosely applied covering of the skin that envelops the penis.