What does a woman's clitoris look like?

The structure of a woman's reproductive system is very complex. Although it is complex, it has many values. First of all, the most basic thing is that it can help women achieve protection and stimulation. Therefore, during sexual intercourse, by touching the local area, women can quickly reach orgasm. In addition, many people cannot find this position, so they will mistake other positions for the clitoris. In fact, the location of the clitoris is very convenient and can be judged by this shape.

Morphological characteristics

Position and shape

The clitoris is located at the top of the anterior commissure of the labia majora and is composed of a pair of clitoral corpora cavernosa. The entire clitoris is composed of three parts: the clitoral crus, the clitoral body, and the clitoral glans. A well-developed clitoris can be seen from the outside and is about 2 cm long and 0.5 cm in diameter. The clitoris is the most sensitive sexual organ in women with the most nerves. When fully erect, it feels as hard as the tip of the nose.

The three parts of the clitoris

1. The front part is the clitoral head, which is exposed to the vulva and rich in nerve endings. It is the sexual response organ

2. The middle part is the clitoral body

3. The back is the clitoral crus, attached to the two pubic branches.

The size of the clitoris

The size of the clitoris may be affected by genetic and endocrine factors, and its appearance is related to the development of adjacent tissues. Although the skin of the glans clitoridis, foreskin and labia minora may become wrinkled, proliferate and chronically congested due to frequent sexual stimulation, the clitoral cavernous tissue does not experience this reactive hyperplasia. Some people believe that masturbation in women can lead to clitoral enlargement. Similarly, there is no scientific basis for men to worry that masturbation will cause their penis to shrink or affect its normal growth. Some young women often worry about abnormal development of their external genitalia and like to compare themselves with their peers when taking a bath, which causes serious psychological burden.

There is great individual variation in the size, shape, and position of the female clitoris. In a small number of people, the clitorises become abnormally enlarged due to long-term use of estrogen or excessive androgen secretion in the body; in some cases, the glans clitoris is divided into two halves and is only connected at the base. It is not uncommon for teenage girls to have abnormalities in their reproductive organs. If there is an abnormality in the arrangement of genes in chromosomes, especially sex chromosomes, pathology or deformity may occur. In addition, during the embryonic development process, the embryo may be disturbed by internal and external environmental factors, such as the mother's illness, taking the wrong medication, X-ray exposure, inhalation of toxic and harmful gases or dust, etc., which may also cause embryonic developmental distortion and deformity. When endocrine organs become abnormal, female virilization may occur. Gonads are the main organs that determine sex, and the sex hormones they secrete play a major role in sex determination. In addition, the zona reticularis of the adrenal cortex also produces some sex hormones, which are sex hormones of the opposite sex.