<P> A corpus cavernosum penis ( singular ) ( cavernous body of the penis ) is one of a pair of sponge - like regions of erectile tissue , the corpora cavernosa ( plural ) ( cavernous bodies ) , which contain most of the blood in the penis during an erection . Such a corpus is homologous to the corpus cavernosum clitoridis in the female ; the body of the clitoris contains erectile tissue in a pair of corpora cavernosa ( literally `` cave - like bodies '' ) with a recognisably similar structure . </P>
<P> A corpus cavernosum penis ( singular ) ( cavernous body of the penis ) is one of a pair of sponge - like regions of erectile tissue , the corpora cavernosa ( plural ) ( cavernous bodies ) , which contain most of the blood in the penis during an erection . Such a corpus is homologous to the corpus cavernosum clitoridis in the female ; the body of the clitoris contains erectile tissue in a pair of corpora cavernosa ( literally `` cave - like bodies '' ) with a recognisably similar structure . </P>
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( cavernous body of the penis ) is one of a pair of sponge - like regions of erectile tissue
( cavernous body of the penis ) is one of a pair of sponge - like regions of erectile tissue