"Penis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The external reproductive organ of males. It is composed of a mass of erectile tissue enclosed in three cylindrical fibrous compartments. Two of the three compartments, the corpus cavernosa, are placed side-by-side along the upper part of the organ. The third compartment below, the corpus spongiosum, houses the urethra.
| Descriptor ID |
D010413
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A05.360.444.492
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| Concept/Terms |
Glans Penis- Glans Penis
- Glans Peni
- Peni, Glans
- Penis, Glans
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Penis" by people in this website by year, and whether "Penis" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2002 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2019 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2020 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Penis" by people in Profiles.
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Ethical deliberation and management of attempted penile self-amputation in a male-to-female transgender person: case presentation and literature review. Scand J Urol. 2019 Dec; 53(6):441-443.
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HIV-1 target cells in foreskins of African men with varying histories of sexually transmitted infections. Am J Clin Pathol. 2006 Mar; 125(3):386-91.
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Susceptibility to human immunodeficiency virus-1 infection of human foreskin and cervical tissue grown in explant culture. Am J Pathol. 2002 Sep; 161(3):867-73.
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Penile adhesions after neonatal circumcision. J Urol. 2000 Aug; 164(2):495-6.
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Urethroplasty following total phallic reconstruction. J Urol. 1998 Aug; 160(2):378-82.
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Use of a de-epithelialized local skin flap in hypospadias repairs accomplished by tubularization of the incised urethral plate. Urology. 1997 Jul; 50(1):110-2.