Sex organ
A sex organ, or primary sexual characteristic, narrowly defined, is any of those anatomical parts of the body (which are not always bodily organs according to the strict definition) which are involved in sexual reproduction and constitute the reproductive system in a complex organism; namely: Sex organ (Look up Sex organ in Wikipedia or Wikitionary)
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The Latin - Similar article on WikiPedia
term genitalia, sometimes anglicized as genitals, is used to describe the sex organs, and in the English language this term and genital area are most often used to describe the externally visible sex organs, known as primary genitalia or external genitalia: in males the penis - Similar article on WikiPedia and scrotum - Similar article on WikiPedia
, in females the vulva - Similar article on WikiPedia .
The other sex organs are called the secondary genitalia or internal genitalia. An even wider notion, subjective but always prominently including the genitalia, is erogenous zone - Similar article on WikiPedia s.
A gonad - Similar article on WikiPedia is a sex organ that produces gamete - Similar article on WikiPedia s, specifically the testis - Similar article on WikiPedia
or ovary - Similar article on WikiPedia in humans.
Organs of sexual anatomy originate from a common anlage - Similar article on WikiPedia
and differentiate into male or female sex organs. The SRY - Similar article on WikiPedia gene - Similar article on WikiPedia
, usually located on the Y chromosome - Similar article on WikiPedia
and encoding the testis determining factor - Similar article on WikiPedia
, decides the direction of this differentiation. Each sexual organ in one sex has a homology (biology) - Similar article on WikiPedia
counterpart in the other one. See a list of homologues of the human reproductive system - Similar article on WikiPedia
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The following is a list of anatomical terms related to sex and sexuality:
— breast - Similar article on WikiPedia — bulbocavernosus muscle - Similar article on WikiPedia — bulbospongiosus muscle - Similar article on WikiPedia — bulbourethral gland - Similar article on WikiPedia
— Cleft of Venus - Similar article on WikiPedia — clitoris - Similar article on WikiPedia — common penile artery - Similar article on WikiPedia — corona glandis - Similar article on WikiPedia — corpora cavernosa - Similar article on WikiPedia — corpus cavernosum - Similar article on WikiPedia — corpus spongiosum - Similar article on WikiPedia — Cowper's glands - Similar article on WikiPedia — cremaster muscle - Similar article on WikiPedia
— ductus deferens - Similar article on WikiPedia
— endometrium - Similar article on WikiPedia — epididymis - Similar article on WikiPedia
— foreskin - Similar article on WikiPedia — frenulum - Similar article on WikiPedia — frenulum preputii penis - Similar article on WikiPedia — frenulum labiorum pudendi - Similar article on WikiPedia — frenulum clitoridis - Similar article on WikiPedia — frenum - Similar article on WikiPedia — fundiform ligament - Similar article on WikiPedia
— Gartner's duct - Similar article on WikiPedia — genital tubercle - Similar article on WikiPedia — genitofemoral nerve - Similar article on WikiPedia — glans - Similar article on WikiPedia — glans penis - Similar article on WikiPedia — Gräfenberg spot - Similar article on WikiPedia
— ischiocavernosus muscle - Similar article on WikiPedia
— labia majora - Similar article on WikiPedia — labia minora - Similar article on WikiPedia
— mammary gland - Similar article on WikiPedia — meatus - Similar article on WikiPedia — mons pubis - Similar article on WikiPedia — mons pubis - Similar article on WikiPedia — Mullerian duct - Similar article on WikiPedia
— ovum - Similar article on WikiPedia — oviducts - Similar article on WikiPedia
— perineum - Similar article on WikiPedia — prepuce - Similar article on WikiPedia — prostate - Similar article on WikiPedia — pubic hair - Similar article on WikiPedia — pubic symphysis - Similar article on WikiPedia — pubococcygeus muscle - Similar article on WikiPedia — pudendal nerve - Similar article on WikiPedia
— ridged band - Similar article on WikiPedia
— seminal vesicles - Similar article on WikiPedia — semeniferous tubules - Similar article on WikiPedia — Skene's glands - Similar article on WikiPedia — sperm - Similar article on WikiPedia — spermatic cord - Similar article on WikiPedia — sphincter urethrae membranaceae - Similar article on WikiPedia — splanchnic nerves - Similar article on WikiPedia
— testicle - Similar article on WikiPedia — tunica albuginea (testicles) - Similar article on WikiPedia
— urethral sponge - Similar article on WikiPedia — urogenital diaphragm - Similar article on WikiPedia — uterus - Similar article on WikiPedia
— vagina - Similar article on WikiPedia
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