Sex Education

Male Genitals & Reproductive Organs

  • Penis

    Made up of the foreskin, shaft and glans. The organ used for urination and sexual intercourse. It has spongy tissue that can fill with blood to cause an erection. It contains the urethra, which carries both urine and semen.

  • Scrotum

    This is a loose bag of skin that hangs outside the body, behind the penis. It holds the testes in place.

  • Testicles

    These are a pair of egg-shaped glands that sit in the scrotum, on the outside of the body. They produce sperm and testosterone, which is the main male sex hormone.

  • Epididymis

    This is a highly coiled tube that lies at the back of the testes. All sperm from the testes must pass through the epididymis, where they mature and start to 'swim'.

  • Vas Deferens

    This is a thick-walled tube joined to the epididymis. It carries sperm from the epididymis up to the prostate gland and urethra.

  • Prostate Gland

    This is a walnut-sized gland that sits in the middle of the pelvis. The urethra runs through the middle of it. It produces the fluid secretions that support and nourish the sperm.

  • Urethra

    This is a tube that extends from the bladder to the external opening at the end of the penis. The urethra carries both urine and sperm.

  • Seminal Vesicles

    These are 2 small glands above the prostate gland that make up much of the fluid in semen.

Female Genitals & Reproductive Organs

  • Ovaries

    There are 2 ovaries where female hormones (estrogen and progesterone) are produced and eggs are stored to mature. Every month, an egg is released. This is called ovulation.

  • Fallopian Tubes

    There are 2 thin tubes that connect the ovaries to the uterus, allowing the egg to travel to the uterus.

  • Uterus (the womb)

    The lining of the uterus thickens with blood every month. If pregnancy occurs, the fertilised egg will implant in the uterus and grow into a foetus and then a baby. If it does not, this lining flows out of the body. This is known as menstruation or a period.

  • Cervix

    This is the lower part of the uterus, that connects the uterus to the vagina.

  • Vagina

    This is a muscular tube connecting the cervix to the outside of the body. The outside of the vagina is made up of the vulva, clitoris (glans, body and hood) and labia (majora and minora).

  • Vulva

    The external female genital organs. The vulva includes the inner and outer lips of the vagina, the clitoris, the opening of the vagina and its glands, the opening of the urethra.

  • Clitoris

    Contains numerous sensory nerve endings and plays a major role in sexual arousal and pleasure in women.

  • Labia

    Majora and minora. The inner and outer folds of the vulva, at either side of the vagina.