either of two masses of erectile tissue in the penis of mammals
Word origin
New Latin, literally: cavernous body
Examples of 'corpora cavernosa' in a sentence
corpora cavernosa
The tumour infiltrates corpus spongiosum, corpora cavernosa, and urethra.
Gregorio Sampalmieri, Antonello Moretti, Luca De Pascale, Matteo Sampalmieri 2014, 'Penis cancer: a case report', Clinical Management Issueshttps://journals.seedmedicalpublishers.com/index.php/cmi/article/view/906. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Microvasculature of the corpora cavernosa ultrasound can assessed indirectly.
A D Kaprin, A A Kostin, N G Kulchenko, I Z Eremina, D P Kruglov, F Sh Mangutov 2015, 'Microcirculatory changes in penis with vasculogenic erectile dysfunction', RUDN Journal of Medicinehttp://journals.rudn.ru/medicine/article/view/2415. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Corpora cavernosa showed degenerative changes on histopathologic examination and exhibited diminished electromyography activity.
El Sibai Olfat, Ahmed Ismail, Shafik Ahmed, Shafik Ali A 2006, 'The hypoactive corpora cavernosa with degenerative erectile dysfunction: a new syndrome',BMC Urologyhttp://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2490/6/13. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Of the total, 41.3% had corpora cavernosa or corpus spongiosum infiltration, and 40 (17.4%) hadurethral invasion.
Leandro Koifman, Antonio J. Vides, Nelson Koifman, João P. Carvalho, Antonio A. Ornellas 2011, 'Epidemiological aspects of penile cancer in Rio de Janeiro: evaluation of 230 cases',International Brazilian Journal of Urologyhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1677-55382011000200010. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)