Editing Clitoris (section)

=== Body ===
{{Infobox anatomy
| Name        = Body of the clitoris
| Latin       = corpus clitoridis
| Image       = Clitoral diagram.jpg
| Caption     = Diagram of clitoris. Body (labeled as "shaft") at the top.
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| Caption2    =
| Precursor   = [[Genital tubercle]]
| System      =
| Part_of    = 
| Artery      =
| Vein        =
| Nerve       =
| Lymph       =

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The '''clitoral body''' (also known as the '''shaft of the clitoris''')<ref>{{cite book|last1=Gormley-Fleming|first1=Elizabeth|last2=Peate|first2=Ian|title = Fundamentals of Children and Young People's Anatomy and Physiology: A Textbook for Nursing and Healthcare Students | publisher = Wiley |year = 2021|page=307|access-date = September 29, 2023 |isbn= 978-1-11961-924-6 |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=7cYrEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA307}}</ref><ref name=Rodgers/><ref>{{cite book|last1=Buy|first1=Jean|last2=Ghossain|first2=Michel|title = Gynecological Imaging: A Reference Guide to Diagnosis | publisher = Springer Berlin Heidelberg|year = 2013|page=31|access-date = October 11, 2023 |isbn= 978-3-64231-012-6 |url =https://books.google.com/books?id=Xa1GAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA31}}</ref> is a portion behind the glans that contains the union of the [[Corpus cavernosum of clitoris|corpora cavernosa]], a pair of sponge-like regions of erectile tissue that hold most of the blood in the clitoris during [[Clitoral erection|erection]]. It is homologous to the [[Body of penis|penile shaft]] in the male.<ref name=Rodgers/><ref>{{cite book |last1=Greenberg |first1=Jerrold S. |last2=Bruess |first2=Clint E. |last3=Oswalt |first3=Sara B. |title=Exploring the Dimensions of Human Sexuality |publisher=Jones & Bartlett Learning |year=2014 |page=259 |access-date=September 29, 2023 |isbn=978-1-44964-851-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hm3aTuANFroC&pg=PA259}}</ref> The two corpora forming the clitoral body are surrounded by thick fibro-elastic tunica albuginea, a sheath of connective tissue. These corpora are separated incompletely from each other in the midline by a fibrous pectiniform septum{{snds}}a comblike band of connective tissue extending between the corpora cavernosa.<ref name="Şenaylı" /><ref name="Ginger" /> The clitoral body is also connected to the [[pubic symphysis]] by the [[Suspensory ligament of clitoris|suspensory ligament]].

The body of the clitoris is a bent shape, which makes the clitoral angle or elbow.<ref>{{cite book|last=Nagy|first=D.|title = Radiological anatomy | publisher = Elsevier Science |year = 2013|page=345|isbn= 978-1-48328-076-9 |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=uTjgBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA345}}</ref>{{sfn|Di Marino|2014|p=46}} The angle divides the body into the ascending part (internal) near the pubic symphysis and the descending part (external), which can be seen and felt through the clitoral hood.<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|pages=56–57|isbn= 978-9-81512-464-4 |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=MaPsEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA56}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Reiffenstuhl|first1=Günther|last2=Platzer|first2=Werner|last3=Platzer|first3=Warner|last4=Knapstein|first4=Paul Georg|last5=Imig|first5=John R.|title = Vaginal Operations: Surgical Anatomy and Technique | publisher = Williams & Wilkins |year = 1996|page=4|isbn=978-9-81512-464-4 |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=st9sAAAAMAAJ}}</ref><ref name="Sloane_Crooks_Angier_Jones" />