Do penises have bones?

Question

There is no way it can get that hard and not have a bone in it

humanearth · Accepted Answer

Most male mammals have bacula, but there are a few notable exceptions: lagomorphs (rabbits and hares), ungulates (deer, camels, rhinos, hippos, horses, pigs, and giraffes), marsupials (koalas, kangaroos, and quokkas), monotremes (platypuses), elephants, hyenas, cetaceans (whales and dolphins), and, of course, humans are boneless in the nether regions. You will notice that most of Earth’s largest animals, including whales and elephants, have no bacula, which is why that auctioned walrus weenie bone is the biggest we have.

AND THAT'S FINE. BECAUSE WE DON'T NEED 'EM.

Clearly, humans are doing just fine without bacula. The human penis can stiffen even without a bone; arousal cues increased blood flow into the spongy tissue of the penis, where it is temporarily trapped. The increased pressure creates an erection. And while the bone itself may be gone, men do have a structure like it. In 2005, a Taiwanese urologist discovered what he called a “distal ligament” at the tip of the penis. Like the baculum, the ligament helps keep the urethra open, which acts as a "supporting trunk" and ensures an open pipeline for sperm. It may be that humans never lost the penis bone—it just turned into something else.

RasmusAiken · Accepted Answer

Human penises have neither bone nor cartilage. To become erect they fill with blood under pressure. Think of a balloon with/without air. Most mammals do have a unique bone called a baculum - also know as a penis bone, penile bone or os penis - in their penis. The only mammal species without baculum are humans, horses, donkeys, rhinoceros, marsupials, rabbits, cetaceans - the marine family that includes whales and dolphins - elephants and hyenas.

Screenwriter · Accepted Answer

Come on. Look at an anatomy chart. No bone. The reason it gets rigid is it has vesicles that fill with blood. It's like a sponge. When full, it's rigid. You can "fracture" a penis, however. If a woman on top bends too far backward, she can damage or crack some vesicles, which will take time to heal and be painful. You can't actually "snap" it in two, but it gets internally bruised...

Wonderer89 · Accepted Answer

Yep, it just pops out like wolverines claws when he gets a boner

Duckysback · Answer

Human ones don't at least. The rigidity comes from filling it with blood, not unlike a sponge. But it's sealed and the blood can't escape so it gets hard.

Anonymous · Answer

I don't know what you mean? The penis IS a bone. Why do you think they call a hard penis a "boner"?

buttcrackjoe · Answer

No bone just tissue that allows blood to enter then constricts blood exit when aroused so basically its just trapped blood thats why erections that last too long can be dangerous

ciitruskiwi · Answer

There's no way it can get soft with a bone it. Use your brain. It's just filled with blood, during arousal blood gets pumped to it making it hard.

Walrus_au · Answer

Not in humans. in other animals, the penis bone is called a baculum. For example, walruses have them... In humans the hardness and rigidity is achieved through pressure.

NyfikenSyd · Answer

You are either not the stated age or a troll.

Penises don't have bones, they have areas with lots of tiny blood vessels that can swell when blood is pumped to them.

Contrary to common belief it's actually a very limited amount of blood needed.

Thatsamazing · Answer

Um... no.

You do know that you can simply read a few short passages on the Wikipedia pages about human physiology and answer a lot of questions for yourself, right? Rather than asking us? Since a whoooooole lot of morons use this site?

Agape93 · Answer

There’s no way you’ve gotten this far in life actually thinking penises have bones.

4eyes2mouths · Answer

More like no way it can get soft it has a bone in it.

LordSnuggles · Answer

No it's series of spongy erectile tissue that fills with blood and a valve that prevents it from leaving.

Lukad · Answer

Dude, check out a biology textbook, or like, Google

Gedaria · Answer

No, just skin, and blood pressure to get a erection. Very much like blowing up a balloon...

myst101 · Answer

its not a bone it's a cartilage which becomes hard once blood flows into it

Haelaeix123 · Answer

No it doesn't have bones, just lots of muscle that turn rigid to make it so hard and solid

leonidas69 · Answer

😂 You could have asked google. But no, no they don't have bones. Yes they can get quite hard.

Clarke498 · Answer

Please be kidding... If it had a bone in it, which was why it was so hard, why would it ever go limp? The bone retracted?

ridemycrazyhorse · Answer

Of course they have a bone! That's why the call a dick a boner when it is hard. Lmao!

Riddler1412 · Answer

Do you think a bone can grow when a guy is excited?

robertKugler · Answer

I bet your vagina and I'll even since I hafta show ya

Anonymous · Answer

No, it just works on hydraulic pressure from the blood.

InfobotsMom · Answer

Mine has a bone in it, yes

Anonymous · Answer

Lol, no, it does not. The penis is just an extension of the clit, the clit isn't a bone

theharlequin · Answer

I know a few d*cks that have a full skeleton

andreasderjuengere · Answer

The Force is strong in us. No bones.

Iron_Man · Answer

No what about vagina.

okeydoke · Answer

Human penises have no bones.

BeHappy1985 · Answer

(O_o) ... did you even go to school?

Icybacon · Answer

Nuppo, it's good ol fashioned bloody flow

PrettyRegular · Answer

No it's something else.

JamesRandiDebates · Answer

In humans, no. In some other species, yes.

Grobmate · Answer

nope. They do not.

Anpu23 · Answer

No they do not.

Cannuck22 · Answer

It’s blood.

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