Sex organ

A sex organ or primary sexual characteristic, narrowly defined, is any of
those parts of the body (which are not always bodily organs according to the
strict definition) which are involved in sexual reproduction. They
constitute the reproductive system in an complex organism. More generally
and popularly, sex organs are those parts of the body involved in erotic
pleasure.

The Latin term genitalia 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 or external genitalia: in males the penis
and scrotum, in females the vulva.

A gonad is an organ that produces gametes, specifically the testes or
ovaries in humans.

The human sex organs are as follows.

   * Male: penis (including the foreskin), testicles, prostate, seminal
     vesicles, epididymis, Cowper's glands

   * Female: vulva (notably the clitoris and its covering the clitoral
     hood), vagina (notably the cervix), uterus, fallopian tubes, ovaries,
     Skene's glands, Bartholin's glands

Many parts of human sexual anatomy are homologous between the sexes: for
example:

   * Bartholin's glands in females are homologous to Cowper's glands in
     males.
   * Skene's glands in females are homologous to the prostate gland in
     males.
   * the clitoral hood in females is homologous to the foreskin in males
     (they are both known anatomically as the prepuce).

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