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Definition of Erectile tissue
1. Noun. Vascular tissue capable of filling with blood and becoming rigid.
Medical Definition of Erectile tissue
1. A tissue with numerous vascular spaces that may become engorged with blood. Synonym: cavernous tissue. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Erectile Tissue
Literary usage of Erectile tissue
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1891)
"erectile tissue. The walls of the urethra consist of a mucous membrane lined from
the prostate Onwards to near the mouth with a stratified columnar ..."
2. A Text book of physiology by Michael Foster (1894)
"erectile tissue. The erectile tissue of the corpora cavernosa and corpus spongiosum
consists of an irregular labyrinth formed by ..."
3. Quain's Elements of Anatomy by Jones Quain, Allen Thomson, George Dancer Thane (1882)
"... which is about an inch and a half long, but is Ы beneath the mucous membrane,
is surmounted by a small glam. sisting of spongy erectile tissue. ..."
4. Philadelphia Medical Times (1882)
"There are two kinds of glands in this region, which have been described by
Kline,||—viz., serous and mucous glands. This cavernous erectile tissue is most ..."
5. A Text Book of Anatomy, and Guide in Dissections: For the Use of Students of by Washington R. Handy (1854)
"erectile tissue. THE corpora cavernosa, in the penis of the male, the clitoris
of the female, ... are all regarded as specimens of the erectile tissue. ..."
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