Histologic study of the tunica albuginea of the penis and mode of cavernosus muscles' insertion in it

Archives of Andrology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-8

  Shafik, A ^a,b   El Sharkawy, A ^a   Khamis, A ^a   Zaghloul, S ^a   Abdel Gawad, M ^a   Elwy, D ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b NONE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Bulbocavernosus; Erection; Ischiocavernosus muscles; Penile rigidity; Penile tumescence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PENIS; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; TUNICA ALBUGINEA;

ADULT; FIBRILLAR COLLAGENS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLES; PENIS;

EID: 28844432425     PISSN: 01485016     EISSN: 15210375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01485010500203667     Document Type: Article

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