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Clitoris and the penis - differentiation

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|ISBN=978-1861892102
|pages=25–6
}}</ref> Modern anatomical texts instead show that the [[clitoris]] displays a [[Clitoral hood | hood]] that is the equivalent of the penis's [[foreskin]], which covers the [[glans]], and a shaft that is attached to the glans; the male corpora cavernosa are homologous to the corpus cavernosum clitoridis (the female cavernosa); the corpus spongiosum is homologous to the vestibular bulbs beneath the [[labia minora]], and the scrotum is homologous to the [[labia minora]] and [[labia majora]].<ref name="Chapple Steers 2010">{{REFbook
|last=Chapple
|init=CR
}}</ref>
Upon anatomical study, the [[penis ]] can be described as a [[clitoris]] that has been mostly pulled out of the body and grafted on top of a significantly smaller piece of spongiosum containing the [[urethra]].<ref name="Chapple Steers 2010"/><ref name="Schuenke etal 2010"/><ref name="Saladin 2010"/> With regard to nerve endings, the human [[clitoris]]'s estimated 8,000 or more (for its glans or clitoral body as a whole) is commonly cited as being twice as many as the nerve endings found in the human penis (for its glans or body as a whole), and as more than any other part of the human body.<ref name="Carroll 2012">{{REFbook
|last=Carroll
|first=Janell L.
|ISBN=978-3319048949
|page=81
}}</ref> These reports sometimes conflict with other sources on clitoral anatomy or those concerning the nerve endings in the human [[penis]]. For example, while some sources estimate that the human penis has 4,000 nerve endings,<ref name="Carroll 2012"/><ref name="Di Marino 2014"/> other sources state that the glans or the entire penile structure have the same amount of nerve endings as the [[clitoral glans]],<ref>{{REFbook
|last=Crooks
|first=Robert
|ISBN=978-0-495-81294-4
|page=54
}}</ref> or discuss whether the [[uncircumcised]] penis has thousands more than the [[circumcised ]] penis or is generally more sensitive.<ref>{{REFweb
|title=Circumcision: Position Paper on Neonatal Circumcision
|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109082117/http://www.aafp.org/patient-care/clinical-recommendations/all/circumcision.html
}}</ref>
Some sources state that in contrast to the [[glans penis]], the [[clitoral glans]] lacks smooth muscle within its fibrovascular cap and is thus differentiated from the erectile tissues of the [[clitoris]] and bulbs; additionally, bulb size varies and may be dependent on age and estrogenization.<ref name="Ginger Yang 2011">{{REFbook
|last=Ginger
|init=VAT
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