The female clitoris
The clitoris is a sexual organ which is only found in female mammals. In humans, the visible button-like part is located near the front junction of the labia minora, before the opening of the urethra and vagina (see above illustration). In contrast to the penis, which is homologous to the clitoris, the clitoris does not include the distal part of the urethra and functions solely on the initiative of sexual pleasure. The only known exception to this is in the Spotted Hyena. In these species, the urogenital system is unique, because the female urinates, mates and gives birth on an extended, erectile clitoris which is also known as a pseudo-penis.
Wow, I never known that the clitoris only function solely for sexual pleasure. Great info on it.
This is really details in the sense of the diagram and also the explainations. Never had such a detail lesson in school.
wow…this is realli educating
Thanks for the heads up!!
Great diagram!
I had a hard time finding diagrams in my med books to explain the anatomy between male and female to my son. He is 10 and has asked the infamous questions where do babies come from and how are they made. This is a great simple diagram of many that I used to teach him.
FYI…did you know that we all start our fetal development as female? It’s during the second month that the sex organs begin to differentiate due to the presence of Testosterone. Without the presence of testosterone…the fetus continues development as female.
The ovaries become testicles…if you look at the penis…it also contains the corpus cavernosum erectial tissue as the clitoris. The glans clitoris is identical to the glans penis.
Just some food for thought…the glans clitoris contains over 100,000 dendrites…making it very sensitive as does the glans penis.