Cutaneous corpuscular receptors of the human glans clitoris: descriptive characteristics and comparison with the glans penis.

Introduction: The female genital sensory pathways that initiate sexual arousal reflexes begin with cutaneous corpuscular receptors in the glabrous genital skin, including those of the glans clitoris.

Aim: The aim of this study is to characterize the corpuscular receptors of the glans clitoris. In addition, we compared basic features with the receptors of the glans penis.

The pars intermedia: an anatomic basis for a coordinated vascular response to female genital arousal.

Introduction: The pars intermedia is an area of the vulva that has been inconsistently described in the literature.

Aim: We conducted anatomic studies to better describe the tissues and vascular structures of the pars intermedia and proposed a functional rationale of the pars intermedia in the female sexual response.

Methods: Nine cadaveric vulvectomy specimens were used.

Structure and innervation of the labia minora: more than minor skin folds.

Objective: : The objective of this study was to examine the histologic features of the labia minora, within the context of the female sexual response.

Methods: : Eight cadaver vulvectomy specimens were used for this study. All specimens were embedded in paraffin and were serially sectioned.

Surgical anatomy of the dorsal nerve of the clitoris.

Aims: The purpose of this study was to describe the distal pathway of the dorsal nerve of the clitoris (DNC) from gross anatomical and histological studies of cadaver specimens.

Methods: We performed dissections on 14 intact adult cadaver vulva specimens using 2× loupe magnification and microscopy. The DNC was identified by gross dissection and confirmed histologically by staining with hematoxylin and eosin (H&E), Masson's trichrome (MT), and S100 antibody.

Sexually responsive vascular tissue of the vulva.

Objective: To better understand the genital changes that occur during the female sexual response, using a gross anatomical and histological study of the vascular tissue of the vulva, supplemented with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

Materials And Methods: Seven cadaveric vulvectomy specimens were used; they were serially sectioned in coronal, sagittal, and axial planes, and stained with haematoxylin and eosin. Selected blocks were stained with elastic Masson's trichrome.