Editing Clitoris (section)

=== Glans === 
{{Infobox anatomy
| Name        = Clitoral glans
| Latin       = glans clitoridis
| Image       = Glans clitoris.jpg
| Caption     = A fully exposed human clitoral glans, shown below the hood
| Image2      =
| Caption2    =
| Precursor   = [[Genital tubercle]]
| System      =
| Part_of    =
| Artery      = [[Dorsal artery of clitoris|Dorsal arteries of clitoris]]
| Vein        = [[Deep dorsal vein of clitoris|Dorsal veins of clitoris]]
| Nerve       = [[Dorsal nerve of clitoris]]
| Lymph       =
}}

Highly [[Nerve|innervated]], the '''clitoral glans''' (''glans'' means "acorn" in [[Latin]]),<ref>{{cite book|last=Hodgson|first=Charles|title = Carnal Knowledge: A Navel Gazer's Dictionary of Anatomy, Etymology, and Trivia | publisher = St. Martin's Publishing Group |year = 2015|page=179|isbn= 978-1-46689-043-5 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=g5nYBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA179}}</ref> also known as the "head" or "tip",<ref>{{cite book|last=Kinsey|first=Alfred C.|title = Sexual Behavior in the Human Female | publisher = Indiana University Press |year = 1998|page=574|isbn= 978-0-25333-411-4 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=9GpBB61LV14C&pg=PA574}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Waters|first=Sophie|title = Seeing the Gynecologist | publisher = Rosen Publishing Group |year = 2007|page=17|isbn= 978-1-40421-948-9 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=p_FzX7mR8dkC&pg=PA17}}</ref> exists at the top of the clitoral body as a [[Fiber|fibro-vascular]] cap<ref name="Ginger" /> and is usually the size and shape of a pea, although it is sometimes much larger or smaller. The glans is separated from the clitoral body by a ridge of tissue called the ''corona''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Iglesia|first=Cheryl B.|title = Medical and Advanced Surgical Management of Pelvic Floor Disorders, An Issue of Obstetrics and Gynecology | publisher = Elselvier Health Sciences |year = 2016|page=35|isbn= 978-0-32341-656-6 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=J0zGCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA35}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Quicke|first=Donald Lambert Jesse|title = Female Arousal and Orgasm: Anatomy, Physiology, Behaviour and Evolution | publisher = Bentham Science Publishers |year = 2023|page=65|isbn= 978-9-81512-464-4 |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=MaPsEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA65}}</ref> The clitoral glans is estimated to have 8,000 and possibly 10,000 or more [[sensory nerve]] endings, making it the most sensitive [[erogenous zone]].<ref name="Carroll_Di Marino" /><ref name="ohsu/10-000-nerve" /> The glans also has numerous [[genital corpuscle]]s.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Olausson |first1=Håkan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lZ5DDQAAQBAJ&dq=glans&pg=PA306 |title=Affective Touch and the Neurophysiology of CT Afferents |last2=Wessberg |first2=Johan |last3=Morrison |first3=India |last4=McGlone |first4=Francis |date=2016-10-14 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-1-4939-6418-5 |language=en}}</ref> Research conflicts on whether the glans is composed of erectile or non-erectile tissue. Some sources describe the clitoral glans and labia minora as composed of non-erectile tissue; this is especially the case for the glans.<ref name="O'Connell" /><ref name="Ginger" /> They state that the clitoral glans and labia minora have blood vessels that are dispersed within a fibrous matrix and have only a minimal amount of smooth muscle,<ref name="Ginger" /> or that the clitoral glans is "a midline, densely neural, non-erectile structure".<ref name="O'Connell" /> The clitoral glans is homologous to the male [[glans penis|penile glans]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Chapple|first1=Christopher R.|last2=Steers|first2=William D.|title = Practical Urology: Essential Principles and Practice | publisher = Springer London |year = 2011|page=67|access-date = September 29, 2023 |isbn= 978-1-84882-034-0 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=A9m8TkdCUqEC&pg=PA67}}</ref>

Other descriptions of the glans assert that it is composed of erectile tissue and that erectile tissue is present within the labia minora.<ref name="Yang_Wilkinson_Farage" /> The glans may be noted as having glandular vascular spaces that are not as prominent as those in the clitoral body, with the spaces being separated more by smooth muscle than in the body and crura.<ref name="Yang" /> [[Adipose tissue]] is absent in the labia minora, but the organ may be described as being made up of [[dense connective tissue]], erectile tissue and [[elastic fiber]]s.<ref name="Yang_Wilkinson_Farage" />