bulbo-urethral

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The Greater Vestibular Glands (glandulæ vestibularis major [Bartholini]; Bartholins glands) are the homologues of the bulbo-urethral glands in the male.

XI. Splanchnology. 3d. 5. The External Organs 1918
It gives off a small branch to the bulbo-urethral gland.

VI. The Arteries. 5b. The Common Iliac Arteries 1918
The bulbo-urethral glands of Cowper in the male, and greater vestibular glands of Bartholin in the female, also arise as diverticula from the epithelial lining of the urogenital sinus.

XI. Splanchnology. 3. The Urogenital Apparatus 1918
It is continuous with the mucous membrane of the bladder, ureters, and kidneys; externally, with the integument covering the glans penis; and is prolonged into the ducts of the glands which open into the urethra, viz., the bulbo-urethral glands and the prostate; and into the ductus deferentes and vesiculæ seminales, through the ejaculatory ducts.

XI. Splanchnology. 3b. 4. The Male Urethra 1918
The bulbo-urethral glands open into the cavernous portion about 2.5 cm. in front of the inferior fascia of the urogenital diaphragm.

XI. Splanchnology. 3b. 4. The Male Urethra 1918
This is not semen, but the secretions of the glands lining the urethra, and the bulbo-urethral glands.

rediff.com 2009
The fluid that emerges from your penis before ejaculation finally occurs is bulbo-urethral fluid, from the small glands that line the urethra.

rediff.com 2009