bulb of penis (redirected from Bulb of the corpus cavernosum penis)

bulb (bulb) a rounded mass or enlargement.bul´bar

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bulb of aorta  the enlargement of the aorta at its point of origin from the heart.

bulb of corpus spongiosum  b. of penis.

bulb of hair  the bulbous expansion at the proximal end of a hair in which the hair shaft is generated.

olfactory bulb  the bulblike expansion of the olfactory tract on the under surface of the frontal lobe of each cerebral hemisphere; the olfactory nerves enter it.

onion bulb  in neuropathology, a collection of overlapping Schwann cells resembling the bulb of an onion, encircling an axon that has become demyelinated; seen when an axon has repeatedly become demyelinated and remyelinated.

bulb of penis , bulb of urethra the enlarged proximal part of the corpus spongiosum.

bulb of vestibule of vagina , vestibulovaginal bulb a body consisting of paired masses of erectile tissue, one on either side of the vaginal opening.

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bulb of penis

n.

The expanded posterior part of the corpus spongiosum of the penis lying in the interval between the crura of the penis. Also called bulb of corpus spongiosum, bulb of urethra.