
Corpus cavernosum
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Corpus cavernosum may refer to:
- corpus cavernosum clitoridisCorpus cavernosum clitoridisThe corpus cavernosum clitoridis is one of a pair of sponge-like regions of erectile tissue which contain most of the blood in the clitoris during clitoral erection...
- corpus cavernosum penisCorpus cavernosum penisThe corpus cavernosum penis is one of a pair of sponge-like regions of erectile tissue which contain most of the blood in the penis during penile erection...
- "corpus cavernosum urethrae" was used for corpus spongiosumCorpus spongiosumCorpus spongiosum is the mass of spongy tissue surrounding the male urethra within the penis...
in older texts - corpus cavernosum conchae