The deep artery of the penis (artery to the corpus cavernosum), one of the terminal branches of the internal pudendal, arises from that vessel while it is situated between the two fascia of the urogenital diaphragm (deep perineal pouch). It pierces the inferior fascia, and, entering the crus penis obliquely, runs forward in the center of the corpus cavernosum penis, to which its branches are distributed. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_artery_of_the_penis ]
Synonyms: arteria profunda penis deep penile artery
Term information
- SCTID:244293007
- BTO:0005086
- Wikipedia:Deep_artery_of_the_penis
- FMA:19794
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Term relations
- artery
- systemic artery
- reproductive structure
- part of some deep vasculature
- connecting branch of some internal pudendal artery
- part of some common penile artery
- supplies some corpus cavernosum penis