Penileclitoral

Penileclitoral is a term used in anatomy and sex education to describe the shared developmental origin and structural similarities of the external genitalia in humans. It emphasizes that the penis in males and the clitoris in females are homologous structures arising from the same embryonic tissue, the genital tubercle, and developing under hormonal influences during gestation.

Embryologically, exposure to androgens promotes the formation of male-typical structures, including a penis with a glans, shaft, and prepuce; in the absence of these signals, the genital tubercle forms a clitoris, with a glans, hood, and comparable erectile tissue. In both sexes, erectile tissue engorges with blood during sexual arousal, and both regions share neural innervation primarily from the pudendal nerve.

Anatomically, the external genitalia show continuity across sexes: the clitoral glans is homologous to the penile glans, and the foreskin parallels the clitoral hood; the penis and clitoris contain similarly structured erectile tissue. The concept is used in medical and educational contexts to illustrate the spectrum of human sexual anatomy and to inform discussions around development, gender-affirming care, and anatomy-based sexual function.

Note that "penileclitoral" is not a formal, universally standardized term in all medical references, but a descriptive concept employed to describe homologous anatomy and developmental processes in a non-binary framework.