| Title: | Erectors of the clitoris or Ischiocavernous |
| Original Title: | Erecteurs du Clitoris ou Ischio-Caverneux |
| Volume and Page: | Vol. 5 (1755), p. 902 |
| Author: | Unknown |
| Translator: | Jeremy Caradonna [University of Victoria] |
| Original Version (ARTFL): | Link |
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| Citation (MLA): | "Erectors of the clitoris or Ischiocavernous." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Jeremy Caradonna. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2006. Web. [fill in today's date in the form 18 Apr. 2009 and remove square brackets]. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0000.636>. Trans. of "Erecteurs du Clitoris ou Ischio-Caverneux," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, vol. 5. Paris, 1755. |
| Citation (Chicago): | "Erectors of the clitoris or Ischiocavernous." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Jeremy Caradonna. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0000.636 (accessed [fill in today's date in the form April 18, 2009 and remove square brackets]). Originally published as "Erecteurs du Clitoris ou Ischio-Caverneux," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, 5:902 (Paris, 1755). |
Erectors of the clitoris or ischiocavernous is the name given in Anatomy to a pair of muscles which come from the tuberosity of the ischium, and which are attached to the spongy body of the clitoris. They produce an erection during copulation. See Clitoris.