Cavernous bodies

Cavernous bodies can swell due to blood supply. Both the penisPenis is another name for the penis and, together with the scrotum, is one of the external male sex organs. The penis consists of the shaft and the glans. The glans is the most sensitive part of the male body and is covered by a foreskin, u... and the clitorisThe clitoris is an erogenous organ in women that is primarily responsible for sexual arousal and orgasm. The clitoris has often played a subordinate role in history, both in medicine and in sex education. Only recently has its importance fo... consist mainly of erectile tissue. They ensure that the penis stiffens and erects during an erectionAn erection refers to the stiffening of the penis triggered by sexual arousal or other stimuli. It is caused by the flow of blood into the erectile tissue of the penis and can occur in both men and women (in women, it can take the form of s..., the clitoris swells and can lead to a partial opening of the vulvaEntirety of the external female reproductive organs: mons veneris, external vulval lips, internal vulval lips, clitoral pearl, vestibule with the openings of the urethra and vagina..