Blood perfusion of the male genital organs--an experimental study in the rat.
Male genital blood flow and its regulation have not been fully clarified. In the present study we employed a radioactive microsphere technique to estimate the blood flow simultaneously in the major urogenital organs of male rats. The recorded genital flow rates varied among the rats. The relative blood perfusion rates of the testicles, seminal vesicles and kidneys did not differ from one animal to another. However, the blood flow in the prostate gland was not correlated to the perfusion of any of the other investigated urogenital organs.
Department of Urology, Danderyd Hospital, Sweden.
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Gatenbeck
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Johansson
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Strömberg
D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002302:Cardiac Output; D005837:Genitalia, Male / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000502:physiology; D007668:Kidney / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D008863:Microspheres; D010477:Perfusion; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012039:Regional Blood Flow; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000502:physiology