The urethra traverses the corpus spongiosum, and its opening, the meatus, lies on the tip of the glans penis. The human male urethra passes through the prostate gland, where it is joined by the ejaculatory duct, and then through the penis. The body of the penis is made up of three columns of tissue: two corpora cavernosa on the dorsal side and corpus spongiosum between them on the ventral side.
The main parts are the root (radix) the body (corpus) and the epithelium of the penis including the shaft skin and the foreskin (prepuce) covering the glans penis. In human anatomy, the penis ( / ˈ p iː n ɪ s/ pl.: penises or penes from the Latin pēnis, initially 'tail' ) is an external male sex organ ( intromittent organ) that additionally serves as the urinary duct.
