cavernous bodies - ANSWER✔✔-Erectile tissue that makes up the penis and clitoris. Lies side by side and
accounts for the bulk of the penis's erectile capacity
spongy body - ANSWER✔✔-Erectile tissue that goes alongside the corpora cavernosa.
urethra - ANSWER✔✔-Where urine and semen come out of. Connects from the bladder to the opening
of the penis. Located between the vaginal opening and clitoris in a female.
root of penis (crura & bulb) - ANSWER✔✔-Cavernous muscles and anchors the penis onto the body.
(pubic bone) Includes the cavernous and spongy bodies
corona - ANSWER✔✔-A part of the glans penis that forms a rounded projecting border.
frenulum - ANSWER✔✔-Found on the underside of the penis. Like the connective tissue under the
tongue, it connects the glans penis to the foreskin.
scrotum - ANSWER✔✔-The sack that holds the testes found behind the penis.
testicles - ANSWER✔✔-The male gonad, one of the two which produces sperm and secretes sex
hormones.
seminiferous tubules - ANSWER✔✔-Microscopic tubules within the testicles. Tube like structure. Where
sperm is produced.
interstitial cells - ANSWER✔✔-Cells found between seminiferous tubules that secrete hormones.
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