Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus I: Muscular System: Alphabetical Listing of Muscles: I
A compressor venae dorsalis has been described, composed of a few fascicles that arise from the sheath of the corpus cavernosum urethrae and from the median raphe, and unite with those of the opposite side by a tendon that passes over the dorsal vein.
References
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Macalister, A. (1875) Observations on muscular anomalies in the human anatomy. Third series with a catalogue of the principal muscular variations hitherto published. Trans. Roy. Irish Acad. Sci. 25:1-130.
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