I clitoris ( /k l ɪ t ər ɪ s / ( </img> / ) noma /k l ɪ t ɔːr ɪ s / ( </img> / ) ) isitho sobulili sowesifazane esikhona ezincelisayo, izintshe kanye nenani elilinganiselwe lezinye izilwane . Kubantu, ingxenye ebonakalayo - izingilazi - isemphambanweni ongaphambili we- labia minora (izindebe zangaphakathi), ngaphezu kokuvulwa kwe- urethra .Ngokungafani nepipi, i- homologue yesilisa (elingana) ne-clitoris, imvamisa ayinayo ingxenye ye-distal (noma ukuvulwa) kwe-urethra ngakho-ke ayisetshenziselwa ukuchama.I-clitoris nayo ngokuvamile ayinakho umsebenzi wokuzala.Yize zimbalwa izilwane ezichamela i-clitoris noma ziyisebenzise ngokuzala, impisi enamabala, enesigaxa esikhulu ngokukhethekile, iyachama, isizalele futhi izale ngomzimba.Ezinye izilwane ezincelisayo, ezinjengama- lemurs nezinkawu zesicabucabu, nazo zine-clitoris enkulu. Kwezilwane ezincelisayo, ukwahlukaniswa ngokocansi kunqunywa isidoda esithwala i- X noma i- Y (chromosome) yowesilisa. I-chromosome ka-Y iqukethe isakhi sokunquma sobulili (i-SRY) esifaka into yokubhalwa kweprotheni i-TDF (testis determining factor) futhi ibangele ukwenziwa kwe- testosterone ne- anti-Müllerian hormone yokukhula kombungu ibe owesilisa.