 Penis
"Penis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The external reproductive organ of males. It is composed of a mass of erectile tissue enclosed in three cylindrical fibrous compartments. Two of the three compartments, the corpus cavernosa, are placed side-by-side along the upper part of the organ. The third compartment below, the corpus spongiosum, houses the urethra.
| Descriptor ID |
D010413
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A05.360.444.492
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| Concept/Terms |
Glans Penis- Glans Penis
- Glans Peni
- Peni, Glans
- Penis, Glans
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Penis" by people in this website by year, and whether "Penis" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Penis" by people in Profiles.
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O'Neill M, Huang GO, Lamb DJ. Novel Application of Micro-Computerized Tomography for Morphologic Characterization of the Murine Penis. J Sex Med. 2017 12; 14(12):1533-1539.
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Eisenberg ML, Hsieh TC, Pastuszak AW, McIntyre MG, Walters RC, Lamb DJ, Lipshultz LI. The relationship between anogenital distance and the androgen receptor CAG repeat length. Asian J Androl. 2013 Mar; 15(2):286-9.
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Chrouser KL, Ajiboye OB, Oyetunji TA, Chang DC. Priapism in the United States: the changing role of sickle cell disease. Am J Surg. 2011 Apr; 201(4):468-74.
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Keckler S, Stephany HA, Spilde TL, Snyder CL. Isolated diphallia: case report and literature review. Eur J Pediatr Surg. 2009 Aug; 19(4):254-5.
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Gittes GK, Snyder CL, Murphy JP. Glans approximation procedure urethroplasty for the wide, deep meatus. Urology. 1998 Sep; 52(3):499-500.
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