Do penises have bones?

[Anonymous]

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

[humanearth]

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]

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]

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]

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

[Duckysback]

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.

[Duckysback]

That's also how cock rings and penis pumps work. The ring stops blood from leaving so it stays hard longer. The pump pulls even more blood into it making it bigger. Both have risks associated with them.

[Anonymous]

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

[Asker]

That is actually what I think!

[buttcrackjoe]

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]

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.

[Asker]

I am using my brain and my brain says "penises have bones"

[ciitruskiwi]

Just do a damn Google search and you'll only see articles on why human males don't have bones in their penis. Still gonna trust your brain over science and the countless of x-rays that have been done on penises that show they don't have bones? How dense are you exactly?

[ciitruskiwi]

That have probably been done*

[LiamSawyer]

Full points for you clitruskiwi!

[ciitruskiwi]

@liamsawyer thank you

[Walrus_au]

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]

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]

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]

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

[Asker]

Surprise!

[Red_Arrow]

Why not? If a guy can become president without a clue...

[Agape93]

Fair point.

[4eyes2mouths]

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

[LordSnuggles]

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

[Lukad]

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

[Gedaria]

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

[myst101]

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

[Haelaeix123]

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

[leonidas69]

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

[Clarke498]

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]

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

[Riddler1412]

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

[robertKugler]

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

[Anonymous]

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