*Researchers have produced the first three-dimensional map showing how nerves travel through the clitoris, giving doctors a clearer view of anatomy that medicine has often overlooked.
According to The New York Post, researchers in the Netherlands used high-energy X-ray imaging to examine the pelvic anatomy of two women who had donated their bodies to science. The scans uncovered a far more complex internal structure than earlier models suggested, revealing that the clitoris’ primary sensory nerve branches into multiple interconnected pathways.
“This is the first-ever 3D map of the nerves within the glans of the clitoris,” Dr. Ju Young Lee, a study author and research associate at Amsterdam University Medical Center, told The Guardian.
Scientists mapped similar male anatomy in 1998, but research into the clitoris has lagged far behind.
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The findings could help surgeons identify critical sensory pathways before performing pelvic surgeries, childbirth-related repairs, or cosmetic genital procedures. A clearer understanding of the anatomy may help preserve sexual function.
“Our study provides the anatomical foundation necessary to investigate the physiological mechanism behind these sensory changes and potentially refine the surgical technique,” the authors wrote.
“We have peripheral nerve treatments for everything else from head to toe, but the genital region is like a black box that’s been unexplored,” Dr. Blair Peters, an associate professor of surgery at Oregon Health and Science University who was not involved in the study, told LiveScience.
“This anatomic work is super important to better treat a lot of medical conditions that for the most part have very limited options,” he added.
Researchers plan to expand the study by examining additional age groups, since the initial analysis included only two postmenopausal women.
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