glans

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The exterior structure of the glans consists of mucous membrane, which is usually covered by foreskin or clitoral hood in naturally developed genitalia. This covering, called the prepuce, is normally retractable in adulthood unless removed by circumcision.

The glans naturally joins with the frenulum of the penis or clitoris, as well as the inner labia in women, and the foreskin in men. In non-technical or sexual discussions, often the word "clitoris" refers to the external glans alone, excluding the clitoral hood, frenulum, and internal body of the clitoris.{{Cite journal |last=Puppo |first=Vincenzo |date=2011 |title=Anatomy of the Clitoris: Revision and Clarifications about the Anatomical Terms for the Clitoris Proposed (without Scientific Bases) by Helen O'Connell, Emmanuele Jannini, and Odile Buisson |journal=ISRN Obstetrics and Gynecology |language=en |volume=2011 |pages=261464 |doi=10.5402/2011/261464 |issn=2090-4436 |pmc=3175415 |pmid=21941661 |doi-access=free }} Similarly, phrases "tip" or "head" of the penis refers to the glans alone.{{Cite web |title=What are the parts of the male sexual anatomy? |url=https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/health-and-wellness/sexual-and-reproductive-anatomy/what-are-parts-male-sexual-anatomy |website=Planned Parenthood}}

In males, the glans is known as the glans penis, while in females the glans is known as the clitoral glans.

In females, the clitoris is above the urethra. The glans of the clitoris is the most highly innervated part of the external female genitalia.

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In spotted hyenas, the female's pseudo-penis can be distinguished from the male's penis by its greater thickness and more rounded glans.Glickman SE, Cunha GR, Drea CM, Conley AJ and Place NJ. (2006). [http://courses.washington.edu/pbio509/Glickman_etal.pdf Mammalian sexual differentiation: lessons from the spotted hyena]. Trends Endocrinol Metab 17:349–356.{{cite book|author1=M. G. L. Mills|author2=Gus Mills|author3=Heribert Hofer|title=Hyaenas: Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aO2gTeLBLZYC&q=spotted+hyena+glans&pg=PA31|access-date=27 January 2013|year=1998|publisher=IUCN|isbn=978-2-8317-0442-5|pages=31–}}{{cite book|author=Kevin Robert Theis|title=Scent Marking in a Highly Social Mammalian Species, the Spotted Hyena, Crocuta Crocuta|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n987VgJs3CoC&q=spotted+hyena+glans&pg=PA25|access-date=27 January 2013|year=2008|isbn=978-1-109-03595-7|pages=25–|publisher=Michigan State University. Zoology and Ecology, Evolutionary Biology and Behavior }}{{cite web |title=The Truth About Hyaenas: debunking hyaena myths |url=http://www.hyaenidae.org/hyena-myths.html |url-status=dead |access-date={{date|2014-05-02|DMY}} |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130415002728/http://www.hyaenidae.org/hyena-myths.html |archive-date=15 April 2013 |df=dmy-all }} In both male and female spotted hyenas, the base of the glans is covered with penile spines.{{cite book|author=R. F. Ewer|title=The Carnivores|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IETMd3-lSlkC&q=crocuta+spines|access-date=9 January 2013|year=1973|publisher=Cornell University Press|isbn=978-0-8014-8493-3}}{{cite book|author=Richard Estes|title=The Behavior Guide to African Mammals: Including Hoofed Mammals, Carnivores, Primates|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_0520080858|url-access=registration|quote=glans spines.|access-date=9 January 2013|year=1991|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-08085-0}}{{cite book|author=Catherine Blackledge|title=The Story of V: A Natural History of Female Sexuality|url=https://archive.org/details/storyofv00cath|url-access=registration|quote=glans spines hyena.|access-date=9 January 2013|year=2003|publisher=Rutgers University Press|isbn=978-0-8135-3455-8}}

In the development of the urinary and reproductive organs, the glans is derived from the genital tubercle.

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• {{cite book |last=Di Marino |first=Vincent |title=Anatomic Study of the Clitoris and the Bulbo-Clitoral Organ |publisher=Springer |year=2014 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wKMpBAAAQBAJ&q=gbs_navlinks_s |isbn=978-3-319-04894-9}}

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