Topic: smooth musculature

Lack of knowledge about the functional anatomy of the clitoris still persists and negatively impacts medical care for girls, women and gender diverse individuals with a clitoris. It maintains harmful practices and beliefs, such as Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C), which involve nerve damage. Precise knowledge of clitoral anatomy and histology is crucial in vulvar and vaginal surgeries for malignant and benign conditions, such as urinary incontinence or cysts, as well as in gender affirmation surgeries or reconstructive surgery after FGM/C. This interdisciplinary project aims at descri