Vincent Di Marino* is an emeritus professor of Anatomy at Aix-Marseille University (Faculty of Medicine), former director of the Renal Transplantation Center at Sainte-Marguerite Hospital in Marseille, and former director of the Anatomy Laboratory at the Aix-Marseille University (Faculty of Medicine) in Marseille (France). Currently, his research topics are focused on the central nervous system and the pelvis. Hubert E-Marie Lepidi is a professor of Histology at Aix- Marseille University (Faculty of Medicine) and a pathologist at La Timone Hospital in Marseille, France. He is specialized in hematopathology, cardio-vascular diseases and infectious diseases. His research focuses are on inflammatory reactions and the study of histologic samples in anatomy laboratories.* By the same author: Vincent Di Marino, Yves Etienne et Maurice [...] photographique en couleur du système nerveux central; Springer 2011.

The only recent scientific book related to the anatomy and the histology of the clitoris and of the bulbo-clitoral organ

Provides a large iconography including many color photographs

A short focus on mutilations and the role of the clitoris in the art and literature

Preface.- Acknowledgements.- History of Clitoris.- The Origins of Words `Clitoris¿ and `Landicä.- Formation of the Clitoris.- External Morphology of the Clitoris.- Structure of the Bulbo-Clitoral Organ.- Microscopic Study of the Clitoral-Bulbar Organ.- Physiologic Study of the Cavernous and Spongy Tissues.- Muscles Attached to the Bulbo-Clitoral Organ.- Innervation of the Bulbo-Clitoral organ.- The Vessels of the Bulbo-Clitoral Organ.- The Sensitive Corpuscles.- The Suspensory Ligament of the Clitoris.- Relationships of the Bulbo-Clitoral Organ.- Imaging of the Bulbo-Clitoral Organ.- Bulbo-Clitoral Organ and Sex.- The Mutilations of the Clitoris.- The Clitoris in the Art and the Literature.- Conclusions.- Bibliography.