Artery of bulb of penis

Artery of bulb of penis
The deeper branches of the internal pudendal artery (artery of bulb of penis labeled as artery of urethral bulb)
Diagram of the arteries of the penis
Details
Source	Internal pudendal artery
Vein	Vein of bulb of penis
Supplies	Bulb of penis
Identifiers
Latin	Arteria bulbi penis, arteria bulbi urethrae
TA	A12.2.15.043M
*Anatomical terminology* [edit on Wikidata]

The artery of bulb of penis (artery of the urethral bulb or bulbourethral artery) is a short artery of large caliber which arises from the internal pudendal artery between the two layers of fascia (the superior and inferior) of the urogenital diaphragm. It passes medialward, pierces the inferior fascia of the urogenital diaphragm and gives off branches which ramify in the bulb of the urethra and in the posterior part of the corpus spongiosum.^[1]

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This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

↑ "Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body". Education.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2013-04-24.

Left gastric	Esophageal branches

Common hepatic	Proper hepatic cystic Right gastric Gastroduodenal right gastroepiploic superior pancreaticoduodenal supraduodenal

Splenic	Pancreatic branches greater dorsal Short gastrics Left gastroepiploic

Posterior trunk

Iliolumbar	Lumbar branch Iliac branch

Lateral sacral	superior branch inferior branch

Superior gluteal	superficial branch deep branch

Anterior trunk

Superior vesical artery	Umbilical artery Medial umbilical ligament to ductus deferens

Obturator	Anterior branch Pubic branch Posterior branch Acetabular branch Cruciate anastomosis Corona mortis

Middle rectal	Vaginal branch ♀ / Prostatic branch ♂

Uterine ♀	Arcuate Vaginal branches Ovarian branches Tubal branches Spiral

Vaginal ♀ / Inferior vesical ♂

Inferior gluteal	Accompanying of sciatic nerve Cruciate anastomosis

Internal pudendal	Inferior rectal Perineal posterior scrotal posterior labial Bulb of penis/vestibule Urethral Deep artery of the penis helicine Deep artery of clitoris Dorsal of the penis Dorsal of the clitoris

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