Quick Facts
Origin: Penile urethra.
Course: Passes along the length of the urethra.
Tributaries: None.
Drainage: Urethra and corpus spongiosum.
Origin
The urethral veins originate along the length of the penile urethra.
Course
The urethral veins enter the bulb of the penis and unite with veins there to form the bulbourethral veins. They eventually terminate in the internal pudendal vein (Quartey, 2006).
Tributaries
There are no named tributaries.
Structures drained
The urethral veins drain the urethra and corpus spongiosum.
References
Quartey, J. K. M. (2006) 'Anatomy and Blood Supply of the Urethra and Penis', in Schreiter, F. and Jordan, G.H. (eds.) Urethral Reconstructive Surgery. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 11-17.
