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Bulbo-urethral glands

 

Overview

  • Also called the Cowper's glands
  • They lie in the urogenital diaphragm on either side of the urethra
  • The glands are surrounded by a connective tissue capsule with septa which divides the gland into lobules
  • The glands are tubulo-alveolar mucinous glands

Anatomy

  Anatomy of the bulbo-urethral glands

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