Any of the small paired racemose glands below the apex of the prostate in males, located posterolateral to the membranous portion of the urethra at the base of the penis, between the two layers of the fascia of the urogenital diaphragm, in the deep perineal pouch, and enclosed by transverse fibers of the sphincter urethrae membranaceae muscle; homologous to the greater vestibular (Bartholin's) glands in the female[MP]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulbourethral_gland MP:anna ]
Synonyms: glandula bulbourethralis Mery's gland Cowper's gland Méry gland Cowper's glands bulbourethral gland
Term information
- GAID:387
- Wikipedia:Bulbourethral_gland
- SCTID:278918009
- MA:0000401
- UMLS:C0006366 (ncithesaurus:Cowper_s_Gland)
- EMAPA:19286
- NCIT:C32395
- BTO:0001698
- FMA:9599
- MESH:D002030
- CALOHA:TS-0103
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Lobular organ the parenchyma of which consists of glandular acini which communicate the bulbar part of the urethra. Examples: There only two instances, right and left bulbo-urethral glands[FMA]
Either of two small racemose glands that are located below the prostate and discharge a component of the seminal fluid into the urethra. They are homologous to the Bartholin's glands in the female[BTO].
Term relations
- male accessory sex gland
- male urethral gland
- seminal fluid secreting gland
- sexually_homologous_to some major vestibular gland
- produces some bulbourethral gland secretion
- part of some male urethra
- contributes to morphology of some internal male genitalia