bulb of penis


bulb

 [bulb] a rounded mass or enlargement. adj., adj bul´bar.bulb of aorta the enlargement of the aorta at its point of origin from the heart.auditory bulb the membranous labyrinth and cochlea.bulb of eye eyeball.gustatory b's taste buds.hair bulb the bulbous expansion at the proximal end of a hair, in which the hair shaft is generated.inferior bulb of jugular vein a dilatation of the internal jugular vein just before it joins the brachiocephalic vein.Krause's bulb end-bulb.olfactory bulb the bulblike expansion of the olfactory tract on the under surface of the frontal lobe of each cerebral hemisphere.bulb of penis bulb of urethra.superior bulb of jugular vein a dilatation at the beginning of the internal jugular vein.taste b's taste buds.bulb of urethra the enlarged proximal part of the corpus spongiosum.bulb of vestibule (vestibulovaginal bulb) a body consisting of paired masses of erectile tissue, situated one on either side of the vaginal orifice.

bulb of pe·nis

[TA] the expanded proximal (posterior) part of the corpus spongiosum of the penis lying in the interval between the crura of the penis and containing the somewhat dilated and angulated portion of the spongy urethra. Synonym(s): bulbus penis [TA], bulb of corpus spongiosum, bulb of urethra, bulbus urethrae

bulb of pe·nis

(bŭlb pē'nis) The expanded posterior part of the corpus spongiosum of the penis lying in the interval between the crura of the penis.
Synonym(s): bulbus penis [TA] , bulb of corpus spongiosum, bulb of urethra.