Look up penile fracture on Wikipedia if you want to see a picture of what this looks like - but you really, really don’t. Tim-ber! Your woody just became kindling. You’ll know it’s happening because there is a cracking or popping sound, accompanied by severe pain, purple bruising and (if you’re smart) a trip to the ER. That is the bit surrounding the corpora cavernosa, the part in the center of the penis that becomes engorged with blood during an erection.Ī tearing of the tunica albuginea means the blood in the area spills out into other tissue. What doctors call “penile fracture” happens when the tunica albuginea membrane tears. There are no bones in a stalk of celery or (if you prefer) a giant redwood either. RowlingĬongress takes all the fun out of UFOs - I smell coverup! From Watergate to whinegate: The Washington Post is a hot messĮven after 70 years on the throne, Queen Elizabeth is still the GOATĪttack on Mona Lisa shows how eco-activists are destroying their own movement