The internal pudendal artery has numerous branches including the artery of the bulb of the penis immediately before the urethral and the dorsal artery of the penis more distally.

[2] In the male, it penetrates the perineal membrane and provides blood to the urethra and nearby erectile tissue to the glans.

[3] In the female, the urethral artery serves the analogous structures.

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 619 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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