Summary:
External anatomy of the marsupial penis. Ventral view on left, dorsal view on right. (a) Cowper’s (1704) illustration of penis anatomy in Didelphis virginiana. Abbreviations: A = body of the penis; B = glans; C = bulbo-cavernosus muscles; D = bulbs (crura) of corpora cavernosa; E = bulbs of corpus spongiosum; f = levator muscles; G = tendon of levator muscles; H = retractor muscles; I = urethra; K = prostate; M, N = bulbourethral glands. (b) Penis of the dasyurid Antechinus stuartii (now A. agilis). Abbreviations: BCM = bulbo-cavernosus muscle; BUG = bulbourethral glands; ICM = ischio-cavernosus muscle; MU = membranous urethra; P = site of attachment of preputial skin; PR = prostate; PVM = penis vein muscle. [(b) Reprinted by permission of PA Woolley from Woolley and Webb (1977).]
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