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Buck's fascia 
The penis in transverse section, showing the blood vessels. In this drawing, Buck's fascia is labeled deep fascia. Latin fascia penis Buck's fascia is a layer of deep fascia covering the penis.[1]
It is also known as the "deep fascia of the penis".[2][3]
It is also sometimes simply called the "fascia of the penis", and the Terminologia Anatomica is simply "fascia penis".
Some sources call it the "deep perineal fascia" but other sources use the term "Gallaudet's fascia" for the deep fascia of the perineum. [4] Some sources state that it is a "continuation" of the deep perineal fascia.[5]
Buck's fascia is continuous with the external spermatic fascia in the scrotum and the suspensory ligament of the penis.
The deep dorsal vein of the penis is inside Buck's fascia, but the superficial dorsal veins of the penis are in the superficial (Dartos) fascia immediately under the skin.
It is named after Gurdon Buck.
See also
References
- ^ "Nature Clinical Practice". http://www.nature.com/glossary/clinicalpractice/defDetails.do?uid=ncp_3934. Retrieved 2007-12-01.
- ^ SUNY Labs 42:06-0101 - "The Male Perineum and the Penis: Deep Vessels and Nerves of the Penis"
- ^ "uams". http://anatomy.uams.edu/anatomyhtml/fascia_pelvis&perineum.html. Retrieved 2007-12-01.
- ^ "ucd.ie". http://www.ucd.ie/vetanat/ga-subject/pelvis/pl4.html. Retrieved 2007-12-01.
- ^ Kyung Won, PhD. Chung (2005). Gross Anatomy (Board Review). Hagerstown, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 265. ISBN 0-7817-5309-0.
External links
- perineum at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University) (maleugtrianglesection)
- Diagram (flash) at rnceus.com
Male reproductive system (TA A09.3–4, TH H3.07.02, GA 11.1236) Internal layers (Tunica vaginalis, Tunica albuginea, Tunica vasculosa testis) · Appendix · Mediastinum · Lobules · Septa · Leydig cell · Sertoli cell · Blood-testis barrierOtherSeminiferous tubules (Tubuli seminiferi recti, Rete testis, Efferent ducts) · Epididymis (Appendix, Stereocilia) · Paradidymis · Spermatic cord · Vas deferens (Ampulla) · Ejaculatory ductAccessory
glandsExternal root (Crus, Bulb, Fundiform ligament, Suspensory ligament) · body (Corpus cavernosum, Corpus spongiosum) · glans (Foreskin, Frenulum, Corona) · fascia (superficial/subcutaneous, deep/Buck's) · Tunica albuginea · Septum of the penisList of muscles of perineum (TA A09.5, GA 4.425) Perineum superficial perineal pouch (superficial transverse perineal, bulbospongiosus, ischiocavernosus)
deep perineal pouch (deep transverse perineal, sphincter urethrae membranaceae)MiddleFascia superficial fascia: panniculus adiposus (Fascia of Camper) · stratum membranosum (Dartos, Superficial perineal fascia, Fascia of Colles)
deep fascia: Fascia of perineum · Buck's fascia · Perineal membrane/"Inferior fascia of UGD"
"Urogenital diaphragm" · "Superior fascia of UGD"Categories:- Male reproductive system
- Genitourinary system stubs
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