. On the anatomy of vertebrates [electronic resource] . apillary eminence. Thepenis consists of two i corpora cavernosa, ib. H, which are firmfibrous bodies, cohering mesially and attached to the ventral surface of the cloaca; and of two median 391 tracts, fig. 392, 4, of a more vas-cular erectile tissue, forming thewalls of the mediangroove, 5, andcovered by a soft ^wasz-mucousmembrane. Each vascular tractcommences by an enlargement,fig. 390, E, analogous to the bul-bus urethrce. The erectile tissueis continued forward, thinly atfirst, but afterwards increasingin thickness, to the glans, figs
. On the anatomy of vertebrates [electronic resource] . apillary eminence. Thepenis consists of two i corpora cavernosa, ib. H, which are firmfibrous bodies, cohering mesially and attached to the ventral surface of the cloaca; and of two median 391 tracts, fig. 392, 4, of a more vas-cular erectile tissue, forming thewalls of the mediangroove, 5, andcovered by a soft ^wasz-mucousmembrane. Each vascular tractcommences by an enlargement,fig. 390, E, analogous to the bul-bus urethrce. The erectile tissueis continued forward, thinly atfirst, but afterwards increasingin thickness, to the glans, , i, and 392, which it chieflyconstitutes. On each side ofthe mid-line of the penis is acanal, fig. 392, f, which at oneend communicates with thecavity of the peritoneum, andby the other end is prolongedinto the substance of the glans,where it terminates, blindly orby a kind of reticulate penis is provided withtwo retractors, fig. 391, 55, Penis of Emyseuropcea. xxxvm. fig- 392, 55, arising from the 1 xx. vol. iv. p. 62, prep. no. FEMALE ORGANS OF REPTILES. 5bS 392
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