The clitoris is composed of two corpora cavernosa and the glans clitoris (Fig. 5.71A). As in the penis, it has an attached part (root) and a free part (body).
Unlike the root of the penis, the root of the clitoris technically consists only of the two crura. (Although the bulbs of the vestibule are attached to the glans clitoris by thin bands of erectile tissue, they are not included in the attached part of the clitoris.)