Clitoral hood

Clitoral hood
Clitoral hood
	A photograph of a human vulva with outlined clitoral hood
	Outer anatomy of clitoris.
Details
Precursor	Genital tubercle, urogenital folds
System	Reproductive system
Identifiers
Latin	preputium clitoridis
TA98	A09.2.01.009
TA2	3555
FMA	20169
	Anatomical terminology

In female humans and other mammals,^[1] the clitoral hood (also called preputium clitoridis, clitoral prepuce, and clitoral foreskin)^[2] is a fold of skin that surrounds and protects the glans of the clitoris; it also covers the external clitoral shaft, develops as part of the labia minora and is homologous with the foreskin (also called the prepuce) in the male reproductive system.^[3]^[4]^[5] The clitoral hood is composed of mucocutaneous tissues; these tissues are between the mucous membrane and the skin, and they may have immunological importance because they may be a point of entry of mucosal vaccines.^[6]

^ Lambrecht, Bart N.; Kelsall, Brian L.; Cheroutre, Hilde; Mestecky, Jiri; Russel, Michael W.; Strober, Warren (2015). Mucosal Immunology: Volume 2. Elsevier Science. p. 2131. ISBN 978-0-12415-975-4. Retrieved November 20, 2023.
^ Patton, Kevin T.; Thibodeau, Gary A. (2012). Anthony's Textbook of Anatomy & Physiology - E-Book. Elsevier Health Sciences. p. 1064. ISBN 978-0-32370-930-9. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
^ Sloane, Ethel (2002). Biology of Women. Cengage Learning. p. 32. ISBN 0766811425. Retrieved August 25, 2012.
^ Crooks, Robert; Baur, Karla (2010). Our Sexuality. Cengage Learning. p. 54. ISBN 978-0495812944. Retrieved August 30, 2012.
^ Mulhall, John P. (2011). John P. Mulhall; Luca Incrocci; Irwin Goldstein; Ray Rosen (eds.). Cancer and Sexual Health. Springer. pp. 13–22. ISBN 978-1-60761-915-4. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
^ Cold, C.J.; Taylor, T.R. (1999). "The Prepuce". British Journal of Urology. 83 (1): 34–44. doi:10.1046/j.1464-410x.1999.0830s1034.x. PMID 10349413. S2CID 30559310.

[1] Lambrecht, Bart N.; Kelsall, Brian L.; Cheroutre, Hilde; Mestecky, Jiri; Russel, Michael W.; Strober, Warren (2015). Mucosal Immunology: Volume 2. Elsevier Science. p. 2131. ISBN 978-0-12415-975-4. Retrieved November 20, 2023.

[2] Patton, Kevin T.; Thibodeau, Gary A. (2012). Anthony's Textbook of Anatomy & Physiology - E-Book. Elsevier Health Sciences. p. 1064. ISBN 978-0-32370-930-9. Retrieved October 11, 2023.

[Sloane-3] Sloane, Ethel (2002). Biology of Women. Cengage Learning. p. 32. ISBN 0766811425. Retrieved August 25, 2012.

[Crooks-4] Crooks, Robert; Baur, Karla (2010). Our Sexuality. Cengage Learning. p. 54. ISBN 978-0495812944. Retrieved August 30, 2012.

[Mulhall-5] Mulhall, John P. (2011). John P. Mulhall; Luca Incrocci; Irwin Goldstein; Ray Rosen (eds.). Cancer and Sexual Health. Springer. pp. 13–22. ISBN 978-1-60761-915-4. Retrieved 23 June 2012.

[Cold_and_Taylor-6] Cold, C.J.; Taylor, T.R. (1999). "The Prepuce". British Journal of Urology. 83 (1): 34–44. doi:10.1046/j.1464-410x.1999.0830s1034.x. PMID 10349413. S2CID 30559310.

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