penis
An intromittent organ in certain biologically male organisms. In placental mammals, this also serves as the organ of urination. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.
What the penis is
An intromittent organ in certain biologically male organisms. In placental mammals, this also serves as the organ of urination. The atlas records it as a organ at the organ scale in the human body.
Where the penis is
It sits within the reproductive system. Positioned deliberately as part of this species body plan.
What the penis connects to
The atlas records 27 typed relationships for it, across 6 kinds of connection. a kind of anatomical structure and intromittent organ.
Supply and innervation
Arterial supply: common penile artery and helicine artery of penis. Innervation: dorsal nerve of penis.
Also called
Also recorded as penes and phallus. Searching any of those names reaches this page.
Source
Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0000989, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.
- A kind of: anatomical structure and intromittent organ.
- contains: common penile artery, corpus cavernosum penis, corpus spongiosum of penis, crus of penis, deep artery of penis and deep dorsal vein of penis, and 12 more.
- Develops from: undifferentiated genital tubercle and urogenital fold.
- Supplied by: common penile artery and helicine artery of penis.
- contributes to morphology of: glans penis and skin of prepuce of penis.
- Innervated by: dorsal nerve of penis.
Questions
Where is the penis?
It sits within the reproductive system. Positioned deliberately as part of this species body plan.
What does the penis connect to?
A kind of: anatomical structure and intromittent organ.
Is the 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.