01814naa a2200289 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001910000190006024500950007926000090017452010450018365000210122865000100124965000100125965000170126965000120128665000120129865000150131065000170132565300280134265300200137065300190139065300280140965300210143770000150145877300510147315202072023-05-31       1976    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d1 aGHOSHAL, N. G.  aHistomorphology of the urethral process of the goat (Capra hircus).h[electronic resource]  c1976  aThe urethral process of the goat was an extension of the pars spongiosa of the male urethra. The erectile(cavernous) tissue o9fr the urethral process was a continuation of the corpus spongiosum penis. The epithelium lining the urethra was stratified transitional. Two compact fibrocartilaginous strands were embedded in the erectile tissue, whichwere absent towards the tip of the urethral process. Smooth muscle wasabsent in the tunica mucosa-submucosa of the urethral process. The tunica mucosa-submucosa was richly supplied with blood vessels and nerves and it may be assumed that the urethral process is a sensory structure. Large cavernous sinuses, within the erectile tissue, were lined by endothelial cells. There was a circular fibroelastic layer enclosingthe entire corpus spongiosum penis to withstand expansion of the erectile tissue during erection and copulation. The surface epithelium lining the urethral process was stratified squamous. A few connective tissue papillae were observed evaginating into the surface epithelium.  aEpithelial cells  aGoats  aMales  aReproduction  aUrethra  aCaprino  aHistologia  aReprodução  aCorpus spongiosum penis  aErectile tissue  aFibrocartilage  aTunica mucosa-submucosa  aUrethral process1 aBAL, H. S.  tActa Anatomicagv. 94, n. 4, p. 567-573, 1976.