After giving off the inferior rectal artery in the pudendal canal and the perineal artery in the perineum, the internal pudendal artery terminates as which two vessels in the male?

• A Inferior vesical and middle rectal arteries
• B Deep artery and dorsal artery of the penis ✓
• C Artery of the urethra and bulbar artery
• D Cremasteric and posterior scrotal arteries

Explanation

Within the deep perineal pouch the internal pudendal artery ends by dividing into the deep artery of the penis, which pierces the tunica albuginea to fill the corpora cavernosa during erection, and the dorsal artery of the penis, which runs in the groove between corpus cavernosum and pubis. Options C and D name earlier collateral branches, while option A lists branches of the anterior division of the internal iliac.

Reference: Gray's Anatomy for Students, 4th ed.

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