| Artery: Deep artery of the penis | |
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| The deeper branches of the internal pudendal artery. (Deep artery of penis labeled at center left.) | |
| Diagram of the arteries of the penis. | |
| Latin | arteria profunda penis |
| Gray's | subject #155 620 |
| Supplies | penis |
| Source | internal pudendal artery |
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 fasciæ 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.
This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated.
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