The dorsal artery of the penis is the continuation of the internal pudendal artery. It pierces the anterior or superficial layer of the urogenital diaphragm close to the arcuate pubic ligament. It then passes between the two layers of the suspensory ligament of the penis, the single centrally placed vein separating it from the artery of the opposite side. The dorsal nerve of the penis lies on its lateral side. At the glans the two dorsal arteries anastomose to encircle the corona. In females, the termination of the internal pudendal artery is called the dorsal artery of the clitoris. It supplies the skin of the corpus cavernosum penis.

Arteria dorsalis penis

Artère dorsale du pénis