Health Sciences 3300A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Spongy Urethra, Erectile Tissue, Foreskin

• School: Western University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: Health Sciences 3300A/B
• Professor: Zaikia

Document Summary

Overview ureters enter the bladder and it goes all the way out to the urethra the urethra is the penis behind the bladder are accessory structures deposit things into urethra itself. Loose tting skin - foreskin (cut o if circumsized) Thin connective tissue allow vascular tissues to be contained. Erectile tissue engorged with blood and compresses to become ridged erect instead of bullying out like a balloon: glans. Enlarged end of corpus spongiosum enlargement of tissue. Forms head of penis: neck of the glans, grooved constriction right before expansion fo the corona. External urethral ori ce exit point for urine or ejaculate. External urethral ori ce on ventral surface of penis. External urethral ori ce is misplaced exit from body is relocated three positions where it could happen subcoronal slightly inferior to where it is supposed to be detrimental but not disastrous: midshaft complete closing of the glans. Accid the surface is dorsal - boner is ventral.