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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 mucosal vaccines.<ref name="Cold and Taylor">{{REFjournal |last=Cold |init=CJ |author-link=Christopher J. Cold |last2=Taylor |init2=TR |title=The Prepuce |journal=British Journal of Urology |date=ColdCJ TaylorJR 1999 |volume=83 |issue=1 |pages=34–44 |DOI=10.1046/j.1464-410x.1999.0830s1034.x |pubmedID=10349413 |s2cid=30559310 |doi-access=free}}</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"/>
==Development and variation==