Editing Glans penis (section)

=== Blood supply ===
The glans penis receives blood from the [[Internal pudendal artery|internal pudental artery]] through its branch, the [[dorsal artery of the penis]], which also supplies the foreskin, and the [[Body of penis|penile shaft]].<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Clement|first1=Pierre|chapter-url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780444632470000031|title=Handbook of Clinical Neurology|last2=Giuliano|first2=Francois|publisher=[[Elsevier]]|year=2015|isbn=978-0-444-63247-0|volume=130|pages=19–37|language=en|chapter=3 - Anatomy and physiology of genital organs – men|doi=10.1016/B978-0-444-63247-0.00003-1|pmid=26003237|issn=0072-9752|access-date=2022-10-30|archive-date=2020-10-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017180739/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780444632470000031|url-status=live}}</ref> Behind the [[Corona of glans penis|corona]], the terminal branches of the dorsal arteries [[Anastomosis|anastomose]] with the axial arteries through perforating branches before they end in the glans.<ref>{{Citation |last=Quartey |first=J. K.M. |title=Anatomy and Blood Supply of the Urethra and Penis |date=2006 |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-29385-X_3 |work=Urethral Reconstructive Surgery |pages=14 |editor-last=Schreiter |editor-first=F. |place=Berlin, Heidelberg |publisher=Springer |language=en |doi=10.1007/3-540-29385-x_3 |isbn=978-3-540-29385-9 |access-date=2022-10-29 |editor2-last=Jordan |editor2-first=G.H.}}</ref> Branches of the dorsal artery curve around each side of the distal shaft to enter the glans and the frenulum ventrally.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Hinman |first=F. |date=1991 |title=The blood supply to preputial island flaps |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2033699/ |journal=The Journal of Urology |volume=145 |issue=6 |pages=1232–1235 |doi=10.1016/s0022-5347(17)38584-1 |issn=0022-5347 |pmid=2033699 |access-date=2023-01-27 |archive-date=2022-11-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221109111431/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2033699/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Venous drainage of the penis begins at the base of the glans. Small tributaries deriving from the corona form a venous plexus at the neck of the penis, known as the retro-coronal, or retro-[[wiktionary:balanic|balanic]], plexus.<ref name=":7"/> Smaller paired venules run into the frenulum and the glans from its ventral surface.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Gyftopoulos |first=Kostis I. |date=2018 |title=Meatal stenosis after surgical correction of short frenulum: Is the "pull-and-burn" method the way to go? |journal=Urology Annals |volume=10 |issue=4 |pages=354–357 |doi=10.4103/UA.UA_25_18 |issn=0974-7796 |pmc=6194789 |pmid=30386085 |doi-access=free }}</ref> The deep dorsal vein, one of the two [[dorsal veins of the penis]], serves as a common vessel receiving blood drained from the glans and the two [[Corpus cavernosum penis|corpora cavernosa]] through the circumflex veins that surround them.<ref name=":7">{{Citation |last=Quartey |first=J. K.M. |title=Anatomy and Blood Supply of the Urethra and Penis |date=2006 |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-29385-X_3 |work=Urethral Reconstructive Surgery |pages=16 |editor-last=Schreiter |editor-first=F. |place=Berlin, Heidelberg |publisher=Springer |language=en |doi=10.1007/3-540-29385-x_3 |isbn=978-3-540-29385-9 |access-date=2022-10-29 |editor2-last=Jordan |editor2-first=G.H.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Hsu |first1=Geng-Long |last2=Hsieh |first2=Cheng-Hsing |last3=Wen |first3=Hsien-Sheng |last4=Chen |first4=Yi-Chang |last5=Chen |first5=Shyh-Chyan |last6=Mok |first6=Martin S. |date=2003-11-12 |title=Penile Venous Anatomy: An Additional Description and Its Clinical Implication |journal=Journal of Andrology |language=en |volume=24 |issue=6 |pages=921–927 |doi=10.1002/j.1939-4640.2003.tb03145.x |pmid=14581520 |doi-access=free }}</ref>