The external reproductive organ of males. It is composed of a mass of erectile tissue enclosed in three cylindrical fibrous compartments. Two of the three compartments, the corpus cavernosa, are placed side-by-side along the upper part of the organ. The third compartment below, the corpus spongiosum, houses the urethra.

Annotation

inflammation = BALANITIS; penile fracture: index under PENIS /inj (IM) + RUPTURE (NIM)

zánět = BALANITIDA; fraktura penisu: indexuj jako PENIS /zranění (IM) + RUPTURA (NIM)

DUI

D010413 MeSH Browser

CUI

M0016161

Consider also

consider also terms at PENILE