clitoris

n. A small body of highly enervated erectile tissue whose outer portion is inside the labial folds and anterior to the vaginal opening. It extends 3-4 inches into the labial tissue with two branches or drure, each of which contains a corpus cavernosum, as does the shaft of the penis, and includes the bulbs of the vestibule. The clitoris arises from the same embryonic tissue as the penis does in males and has analogous parts: the clitoral hood is analogous to the penal foreskin, the clitoral glans to the penal meatus, and both clitoris and penis have corpus cavernosum. The clitoris is the center of sexual stimulation and pleasure in the human female.