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Descriptor English: Penis
Descriptor Spanish: Pene
Descriptor pene
Scope note: Órgano reproductor externo masculino. Está constituido por una masa de tejido eréctil encerrada en tres compartimentos cilíndricos fibrosos. Dos de los tres compartimentos, los cuerpos cavernosos, se colocan a cada lado a lo largo de la parte superior del órgano. El tercer compartimento por debajo, el cuerpo esponjoso, alberga a la uretra.
Descriptor Portuguese: Pênis
Descriptor French: Pénis
Entry term(s): Glans Peni
Glans Penis
Peni, Glans
Penis, Glans
Tree number(s): A05.360.444.492
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010413
Scope note: The external reproductive organ of males. It is composed of a mass of erectile tissue enclosed in three cylindrical fibrous compartments. Two of the three compartments, the corpus cavernosa, are placed side-by-side along the upper part of the organ. The third compartment below, the corpus spongiosum, houses the urethra.
Annotation: inflammation = BALANITIS; penile fracture: index under PENIS /inj (IM) + RUPTURE (NIM)
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
IR innervation
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Entry Combination: transplantation:Penile Transplantation
trasplante:Trasplante de Pene
transplante:Transplante Peniano
Consider Also: consider also terms at PENILE
DeCS ID: 10606
Unique ID: D010413
NLM Classification: WJ 790
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2006/07/05
Penis - Preferred
Concept UI M0016161
Scope note The external reproductive organ of males. It is composed of a mass of erectile tissue enclosed in three cylindrical fibrous compartments. Two of the three compartments, the corpus cavernosa, are placed side-by-side along the upper part of the organ. The third compartment below, the corpus spongiosum, houses the urethra.
Preferred term Penis
Glans Penis - Narrower
Concept UI M0489458
Scope note The cone or head of the penis.
Preferred term Glans Penis
Entry term(s) Glans Peni
Peni, Glans
Penis, Glans



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