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The clitoral hood is composed of [[Mucocutaneous zone|muccocutaneous]] tissues; these tissues are between the [[mucosa]] and the [[skin]], and they may have immunological importance because they may be a point of entry of [[mucosa]]l vaccines.<ref name="Cold and Taylor">{{ColdCJ TaylorJR 1999}}</ref> The clitoral hood is also important not only in protection of the [[clitoral glans]], but also in pleasure, as it is an [[Erogenous zone|erogenous]] tissue.<ref name="Cold and Taylor"/>

The clitoral hood is formed during the [[Fetus|fetal]] stage by the cellular lamella.<ref name="Cold and Taylor"/> The cellular lamella grows down on the [[dorsal side]] of the [[clitoris]] and is eventually fused with the [[clitoris]]. The clitoral hood is formed from the same tissues that form the [[foreskin ]] in human males.

The clitoral hood varies in the size, shape, thickness, and other aesthetic areas. Some women have large clitoral hoods that completely cover the [[clitoral glans]]. Some of these can be retracted to expose the [[clitoral glans]], such as for hygiene purposes or for pleasure; others do not retract. Other women have smaller hoods that do not cover the full length of the [[clitoral glans]], leaving the [[clitoral glans ]] exposed all the time. Sticky bands of tissue called ''adhesions'' can form between the hood and the glans; these stick the hood onto the glans so the hood cannot be pulled back to expose the glans, and, as in the male, strongly scented [[smegma]] can accumulate.