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helicine artery of penis
Coiled arteries. Parasympathetic stimulation causes them to uncoil, allowing blood at arterial pressure to fill the cavernous tissue the penis causing erection.
Origin:
1) dorsal artery of penis (terminal branches)
2) deep artery of penis (terminal branches)
Distribution:
-> cavernous tissue of penis
Related
corpus cavernosum penis
General
blood vessel
Properties
FORM: helicine artery of penis
ORIGIN: dorsal artery of penis
deep artery of penis
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
Components
intima; tunica intima
tunica media
vascular endothelium