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  2. Sponge - Wikipedia

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    The term sponge derives from the Ancient Greek word σπόγγος spóngos. [9] The scientific name Porifera is a neuter plural of the Modern Latin term porifer, which comes from the roots porus meaning "pore, opening", and -fer meaning "bearing or carrying".

  3. Urethral sponge - Wikipedia

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    The urethral sponge is an area in which the G-spot (Gräfenberg Spot) may be found. [1] Although the G-spot may exist, it has been doubted by various researchers. A team at The King's College in London, the biggest study on the G-spot's existence thus far, and involving 1,800 women, found no proof that the G-spot exists. The authors of the ...

  4. Contraceptive sponge - Wikipedia

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    The contraceptive sponge combines barrier and spermicidal methods to prevent conception. Sponges work in two ways. Sponges work in two ways. First, the sponge is inserted into the vagina, so it can cover the cervix and prevent any sperm from entering the uterus .

  5. Corpus cavernosum penis - Wikipedia

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    These formations are made of a sponge-like tissue containing trabeculae, irregular blood-filled spaces lined by endothelium and separated by septum of the penis. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] The male anatomy has no vestibular bulbs , but instead a corpus spongiosum , a smaller region of erectile tissue along the bottom of the penis, which contains the urethra ...

  6. Choanocyte - Wikipedia

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    This improves both respiratory and digestive functions for the sponge, pulling in oxygen and nutrients and allowing a rapid expulsion of carbon dioxide and other waste products. Although all cells in a sponge are capable of living on their own, choanocytes carry out most of the sponge's ingestion, passing digested materials to the amoebocytes ...

  7. Your Kitchen Sponge Is Dirtier Than You Think—Here's ... - AOL

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    Sponges should be replaced when they become damaged or develop a bad odor. A damaged or torn sponge offers more spots for bacteria to gather. A bad odor means that a heavy amount of bacteria is ...

  8. Spongocoel - Wikipedia

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    Depending on the body plan of the sponge (which can be asconoid, syconoid, or leuconoid), the spongocoel could be a simple interior space of the sponge or a complexly branched inner structure. Regardless of body plan or class, the spongocoel is lined with choanocytes , which have flagella that push water through the spongocoel, creating a current.

  9. Perineal sponge - Wikipedia

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    The perineal sponge is composed of erectile tissue; during arousal, it becomes swollen with blood compressing the outer third of the vagina along with the vestibular bulbs and urethral sponge thereby tightening the vagina and increasing stimulation for the vagina and a penis, if involved.