The familiar claim of “8,000 nerve endings” was never well sourced. A small anatomical study instead estimated about 10,280 myelinated nerve fibres across the paired dorsal nerves of the clitoris. It is a careful estimate from limited material, not a final count for every body.
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More than 10,000 nerve fibres?
A small anatomical study estimated about 10,280 myelinated fibres in the paired main clitoral nerves.