ReviewClinical anatomy (New York, N.Y.)2015
Anatomy of sex: Revision of the new anatomical terms used for the clitoris and the female orgasm by sexologists.
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- Female Orgasmic Disorder: How Far We Have [Not] Come?International urogynecology journal · 2025Review
- The development of the external genitals in female human embryos and foetuses. Part 1: Perineal thick skin, clitoris and labia.Journal of anatomy · 2025Article
- Evolutionary Role of the Female Orgasm: Insights into Mate Choice and Beyond.Archives of sexual behavior · 2025Article
- Terminological discrepancies and novelties in the histological description of the female genital system: proposed amendments for clinical-translational anatomy.Anatomical science international · 2024Article
- The coronation of the clitoris: formally introducing the corona of the glans clitoris.Anatomical science international · 2024Article
- The effect of penis size on partner sexual satisfaction: a literature review.International journal of impotence research · 2023Review
- Re: "the relationship between clitourethrovaginal complex and female orgasm". A rebuttal.Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2023Article
- Increased Urination Urgency Exacerbates Sexual Risk-Taking Through Heightened Sexual Arousal.Archives of sexual behavior · 2022Article
- Behavioral Therapies for Treating Female Sexual Dysfunctions: A State-of-the-Art Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Review
- G-spot: Fact or Fiction?: A Systematic Review.Sexual medicine · 2021Review
- Searching for radiologic and histologic evidence on live vaginal tissue: Does the G-spot exist?Turkish journal of obstetrics and gynecology · 2021Article
- Glans clitoris innervation: PIEZO2 and sexual mechanosensitivity.Journal of anatomy · 2021Article
- Do external female genital measurements affect genital perception and sexual function and orgasm?Turkish journal of obstetrics and gynecology · 2020Article
- The Effect of Different Surgical Methods on Female and Male Sexual Activity and Marital Quality in Patients With Early-Stage Cervical Cancer.Sexual medicine · 2020Article
- Impact of Immune System Activation and Vascular Impairment on Male and Female Sexual Dysfunction.Sexual medicine reviews · 2019Review
- A plea for an extension of the anatomical nomenclature: Organ systems.Bosnian journal of basic medical sciences · 2019Review
- Female Genital Mutilation Reconstruction for Plastic Surgeons-A Call to Arms.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2018Article
- Women self-reported G-spot existence and relation with sexual function and genital perception.Turkish journal of obstetrics and gynecology · 2018Article
- A Model for the Management of Female Sexual Dysfunctions.Revista brasileira de ginecologia e obstetricia : revista da Federacao Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetricia · 2017Review
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Abstract
Sexual medicine experts and sexologists must spread certainties on the biological basis of the female orgasm to all women, not hypotheses or personal opinions. Therefore, they must use scientific anatomical terminology. The anatomy of the clitoris and the female orgasm are described in textbooks, but some researchers have proposed a new anatomical terminology for the sexual response in women. The internal/inner clitoris does not exist: the entire clitoris is an external organ. The clitoris is not composed of two arcs but of the glans, body, and crura or roots. "Clitoral bulbs" is an incorrect term from an embryological and anatomical viewpoint: the correct term is "vestibular bulbs." The bulbocavernosus muscles are implicated in inferior vaginismus, while the pubovaginal muscle is responsible for superior vaginismus. The clitoral or clitoris-urethro-vaginal complex has no embryological, anatomical and physiological support: the vagina has no anatomical relationship with the clitoris, and the clitoris is a perineal organ while the supposed G-spot is in the pelvic urethra. G-spot/vaginal/clitoral orgasm, vaginally activated orgasm, and clitorally activated orgasm, are incorrect terms: like "male orgasm," "female orgasm" is the correct term. The "vaginal" orgasm that some women report is always caused by the surrounding erectile organs (triggers of female orgasm). The male penis cannot come in contact with the venous plexus of Kobelt or with the clitoris during vaginal intercourse. Also, female ejaculation, premature ejaculation, persistent genital arousal disorder (PGAD), periurethral glans, vaginal-cervical genitosensory component of the vagus nerve, and G-spot amplification, are terms without scientific basis. Female sexual satisfaction is based on orgasm and resolution: in all women, orgasm is always possible if the female erectile organs, i.e. the female penis, are effectively stimulated during masturbation, cunnilingus, partner masturbation, or during vaginal/anal intercourse if the clitoris is simply stimulated with a finger. Clin. Anat. 28:293-304, 2015. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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