Penile embryology and anatomy

TheScientificWorldJournal

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages 1174-1179

  Yiee, Jenny H ^a   Baskin, Laurence S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Embryology; Penis; Urethra

Indexed keywords

BLADDER NECK; BULBOURETHRAL GLAND; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; EMBRYOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GENITAL SYSTEM; GESTATION PERIOD; PENIS; PENIS ERECTION; PENIS GLANS; PERINEUM; PROSTATE; REVIEW; SCROTUM; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SKIN SENSATION; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; URETHRA; Y CHROMOSOME; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

GLANS;

HUMANS; MALE; PENIS;

EID: 77955868207     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2010.112     Document Type: Review

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