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We May Finally Know How Many Nerve Endings Are in The Human Clitoris
Science Alert ^ | 5 Nov 2022 | Carly Cassella

Posted on 11/05/2022 7:34:24 PM PDT by Rummyfan

The human clitoris is a scientific iceberg, both physically and figuratively.

In the past, research on our species' clitoris has been superficial at best, and even the tiny bit that we think we know now is not always right.

The clitoris is often said to house 8,000 nerve endings – 'double' that of the penis – but new findings, presented at a scientific meeting in October, suggest that's a serious underestimation of both sex organs.

The study is not yet peer-reviewed, but at least the results are on track to be properly scrutinized.

The numbers most often cited for the innervation of the glans penis and glans clitoris derive from old studies on – wait for it – cows; the results were simply co-opted for human anatomy.

(Excerpt) Read more at sciencealert.com ...


TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: genitals; nerveendings; women; zot
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To: Rummyfan
The study is not yet peer-reviewed…

volunteers?

21 posted on 11/05/2022 7:51:26 PM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: Rummyfan

Now I can die in peace, having that question settled.


22 posted on 11/05/2022 7:51:46 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith….)
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To: ifinnegan

Of course.

Ever considered you arr just loonie?


23 posted on 11/05/2022 7:52:00 PM PDT by Fuzz
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To: Rummyfan

Anyone know the difference between a clitoris and a golf ball?

A man will search 10 minutes for a golf ball!


24 posted on 11/05/2022 7:52:41 PM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings )
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To: Williams

If that doesn’t kill your appetite nothing will.


25 posted on 11/05/2022 7:54:22 PM PDT by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERBODY'S BUSINESS-REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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To: Rummyfan

“The clitoris is often said to house 8,000 nerve endings – ‘double’ that of the penis”

Where’s the Equity in that? I demand EQUITY!!


26 posted on 11/05/2022 7:54:35 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (The “I” in Democrat stands for “Integrity.”)
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To: ClearCase_guy
Paul Winchell's lilting voice on "two-O-o" takes on a different meaning now.

-PJ

27 posted on 11/05/2022 7:54:41 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: Rummyfan

Are they studying the effects of wedding cake on it?


28 posted on 11/05/2022 7:54:47 PM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: gundog

POST OF THE DAY!😂


29 posted on 11/05/2022 7:55:03 PM PDT by telescope115 (Proud member of the ANTIFAuci movement. )
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To: Rummyfan

What’s a clitoris?

What does a woman say when she comes?


30 posted on 11/05/2022 8:03:08 PM PDT by ansel12 (NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.)
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To: nickcarraway

I’m an old gal and haven’t pull one in several years.


31 posted on 11/05/2022 8:03:37 PM PDT by ryderann
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To: Rummyfan

21st century version of another imponderable: “How many Angels can fit on the head of a pin?”
Freud would have a Field Day with all the possible symbology.


32 posted on 11/05/2022 8:06:41 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: seowulf

Now the world knows which sex really does think with its ‘little head’.

😉


33 posted on 11/05/2022 8:07:48 PM PDT by amorphous
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To: CaptainK
I had missed the fact that this person was chopping up live people for money.

What a nasty person.

34 posted on 11/05/2022 8:11:08 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (The nation of france was named after a hedgehog... The hedgehog's name was Kevin... Don't ask)
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To: Rummyfan

Now we know why Putinists on this forum are so sensitive to criticism.


35 posted on 11/05/2022 8:20:25 PM PDT by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Oddly enough, the number of functioning brain cells in our current POTUS.


36 posted on 11/05/2022 8:34:18 PM PDT by Waverunner
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To: Rummyfan

Does this really need to be posted on this site?


37 posted on 11/05/2022 8:43:01 PM PDT by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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To: MeganC

Thus sort of research on the reproductive organs makes me feel good, really good.


38 posted on 11/05/2022 8:46:35 PM PDT by Robwin ( )
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To: Rummyfan

General answer: not enough.
Fundamentalist Muslim answer: too many.


39 posted on 11/05/2022 8:59:14 PM PDT by Glenmore
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To: Rummyfan

They found a ready supply of specimens behind the Dearborn mosks.


40 posted on 11/05/2022 9:16:25 PM PDT by lurk (u)
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