corpus spongiosum
Britishnoun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of corpus spongiosum
New Latin, literally: spongy body
Example Sentences
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The corpus spongiosum originates in the pelvis and travels as a narrow tube surrounding the urethra until it reaches the glans.
From Salon
Its single erectile body is divided into a collagenous corpus fibrosum and a highly vascularized, expandable corpus spongiosum.
From Scientific American
This is mainly due to the greater development of an unpaired, median portion, analogous to the mammalian corpus spongiosum, which is much less prominent in the Ratitae; the muscles of this type are derived solely from the anal sphincter.
From Project Gutenberg
The main substance of the penis is composed of three cavernous bodies, the paired corpora cavernosa penis, and the single corpus spongiosum, or corpus cavernosum urethræ.
From Project Gutenberg
It should not wound any important organ or vessel; that is, it must avoid the rectum, the corpus spongiosum, especially the bulb, if possible, the artery of the bulb, and in every case should leave the pudic artery intact.
From Project Gutenberg
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