The comparative morphological characteristic of a penile bone of some representatives of group Rodents (Rodentia)

In this study macroanatomical structures of os penis were examined on adult male guinea pigs, Norway rat and golden hamster. At a guinea pigs os penis is complete, its ends are a little bent dorsal, the head bears it three small tubercle. At a rat os penis consists of the basic part or a trunk and distal a shoot, connected among themselves by a cartilaginous tissue. At a hamster the bone is presented by four departments connected with each other connected among themselves by a cartilaginous tissue.

os penis, baculum, norway rat, guinea pig, golden hamster