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The nerves of the clitoris have been mapped in 3D for the first time.

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Researchers at the University of Amsterdam used X-ray imaging to create a three-dimensional map of the clitoral nerves in two women. They discovered that the main sensory nerve branches like a tree, contrary to the previous belief that it narrowed and ended.

Source: University of Amsterdam

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