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Figure 1. Comparison of corresponding anatomical features in male and female genitalia. Genital buds differentiate into penis or scrotum in males and into labia minora and majora in females respectively. Common features are the glans and the foreskin that covers the glans in both genders. In females, genital buds separate and become labia, in males genital buds fuse and become scrotum and penis. Remnants of the fusion process are seen in two parts of the septum scroti. Both septi contain their own vasculature^[8]. (modified after Mirastschijski and Remmel^[9])