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THE MALE SEXUAL ORGANS: ERECTION OF THE PENIS

This entirely reflex vascular phenomenon is brought about in a simple yet ingenious way. Let us see how this marvel of nature takes place.

Each cavernous space resembles a small rubber balloon containing blood, not air. The arteries bring oxygenated blood to the penis, whilst the veins return the blood to the heart. Normally the small arteries entering the rubber balloons (cavernous spaces) remain partially contracted to limit the amount of blood to the penis. But when they dilate for erection, the balloons are filled with blood and get inflated. The veins have valves which prevent the blood from leaving the penis. Just as when air is pumped into a tube, the outer wall of the tyre prevents the tube from over-distending and makes it hard, similarly the cavernous spaces fill up with blood and make the penis hard and erect with the fibrous covering acting like the outer wall of the tyre.

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