Tags: Anatomical Structure, Muscle.
Bulbospongiosus (bulbocavernosus in older texts) is one of the superficial muscles of the perineum. It has a slightly different origin insertion and function in males and females. In males it covers the bulb of the penis. In females it covers the vestibular bulb.In both sexes it is innervated by the deep/muscular branch of the perineal nerve which is a branch of the pudendal nerve.
