Clitoral body

Clitoral body
Shows the sub-areas of the clitoris. Areas include clitoral glans, body, crura. Also shows vestibular bulbs and corpus cavernosa
Cross-section showing clitoris made of erectile tissue which fills with blood

The clitoral body corpus clitoridis is an internal portion of the clitoris. It is attached to the clitoral glans, which is external. After several inches into the body, it then splits into the clitoral crura, which are also internal and are "V" shaped.

Physiology

According to Masters and Johnson’s Sex and Human Loving, during the excitement stage the body (shaft) of the clitoris begins to fill with blood and increase in size. As the female reaches maximum arousal (plateau phase), the body continues to fill with blood causing the clitoris to become erect.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ Masters, William; Johnson, Virginia (1988). Sex and Human Loving. Little, Brown & Company. ISBN 0316501603. 

Gallery

  • Internal anatomy of the clitoris.

  • Stages in the development of the external sexual organs in the male and female.


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