6.5 POJA-L4251+4252B.
Corpus spongiosum / cavernosum of penises
6.5 POJA-L4251+4252B
Title: Corpus spongiosum / cavernosum of penis
Description:
(A) Stain Masson, human. (B) Stain Mallory, human.
(A): Penile urethra (1) with stratified columnar epithelium on a loose proper lamina continuous with the trabeculae (2) of the corpus spongiosum. The corpus is a sponge-like network of a branched venous plexus delimited by trabeculae.
At (arrows) branches of the urethral arteries. (3) Thin tunica albuginea of corpus spongiosum consists of dense connective tissue
with many elastic fibers. (4) Thick tunica albuginea of adjacent corpus cavernosum. (6) Glands of Littré.
(B): Corpus cavernosum. (2) Labyrinthine anastomosing vascular sinuses. (3) Thick tunica albuginea is a dense connective tissue
with few elastic fibers. (5) Thick fibromuscular trabeculae.
Keywords/Mesh: penis, cavernous body, corpus spongiosum, corpus cavernosum, urethra, histology, POJA collection
Title: Corpus spongiosum / cavernosum of penis
Description:
(A) Stain Masson, human. (B) Stain Mallory, human.
(A): Penile urethra (1) with stratified columnar epithelium on a loose proper lamina continuous with the trabeculae (2) of the corpus spongiosum. The corpus is a sponge-like network of a branched venous plexus delimited by trabeculae.
At (arrows) branches of the urethral arteries. (3) Thin tunica albuginea of corpus spongiosum consists of dense connective tissue
with many elastic fibers. (4) Thick tunica albuginea of adjacent corpus cavernosum. (6) Glands of Littré.
(B): Corpus cavernosum. (2) Labyrinthine anastomosing vascular sinuses. (3) Thick tunica albuginea is a dense connective tissue
with few elastic fibers. (5) Thick fibromuscular trabeculae.
Keywords/Mesh: penis, cavernous body, corpus spongiosum, corpus cavernosum, urethra, histology, POJA collection