glans penis
The conic expansion of the corpus spongiosum that forms the head of the penis. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.
What the glans penis is
The conic expansion of the corpus spongiosum that forms the head of the penis. The atlas records it as a organ at the organ scale in the human body.
Where the glans penis is
It sits within the reproductive system. Not positioned individually. Drawn inside the structure this dataset says contains it — the containment is asserted, the exact spot within it is not.
What the glans penis connects to
The atlas records 17 typed relationships for it, across 9 kinds of connection. part of penis, reproductive organ and reproductive system.
Supply and innervation
Arterial supply: dorsal artery of penis. Venous drainage: deep dorsal vein of penis. Innervation: dorsal nerve of penis.
Also called
Also recorded as glans, balanus and coronal sulcus. Searching any of those names reaches this page.
Source
Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0001299, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.
- Part of: penis, reproductive organ and reproductive system.
- A kind of: anatomical structure and organ subunit.
- Adjacent to: prepuce of penis.
- contains: base of glans penis, bulb of penis, corona of glans penis and male urethral meatus.
- Develops from: external male genitalia, male organism and male reproductive system.
- contributes to morphology of: penis.
- Drained by: deep dorsal vein of penis.
- Supplied by: dorsal artery of penis.
Questions
Where is the glans penis?
It sits within the reproductive system. Not positioned individually. Drawn inside the structure this dataset says contains it — the containment is asserted, the exact spot within it is not.
What does the glans penis connect to?
Part of: penis, reproductive organ and reproductive system.
Is the glans penis the same in other species?
Leumas holds the same relationship vocabulary for every species it carries, so where another dataset records this structure you can put the two side by side on /compare.