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sex organs

A generic term for the primary and secondary sexual organs and tissues: penis, testis and scrotum in males; ovaries, uterus, vagina and vulva in females.

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In the female fetus the primary sex organs to be visualized to reach diagnosis include: mammary gland, nipples, vulva/clitoris, and gonads.

Fetal sexing in early and advanced gestation: more than just a genital tubercle

Genitalia -- the external sex organs which include the penis and scrotum and the vulva and the clitoris

Being born intersex

Ministers have said it will be possible for someone born, for example, as a male to hold a female birth certificate even if they retained male sex organs.

Measures welcomed by gender swappers

Problems may also occur in every organ system, including the digestive tract, heart, and sex organs. People with diabetes can develop nerve problems at any time, but the longer a person has diabetes, the greater the risk.

Diabetic neuropathies: the nerve damage of diabetes

The reported reproductive abnormalities range from subtle to permanent, such as disturbed sex differentiation (i.e., feminized or masculinized sex organs and changes in sexual or other behaviors).

Consensus statement: Atlantic coast contaminants workshop 2000. (Meeting Report)

It involves removing the patient's male sex organs and surgically constructing female sex organs in the patient.

LEAD: Okayama University performs sex change surgery

Inmates also were asked whether they had engaged in any of the following consensual activities with another male prior to incarceration: kissed someone of the same sex, rubbed a body part against someone of the same sex or allowed someone of the same sex to rub a body part against them in a sexual manner, touched the sex organs of a male or allowed a male to touch their sex organs, had oral sex (either giving or receiving) with someone of the same sex, and/or had anal intercourse (either giving or receiving) with someone of the same sex.

Consensual Homosexual Activity in Male Prisons

Many of them also act as endocrine disrupters, causing deformities in sex organs as well as long-term dysfunction of reproductive systems.

Pristine No More

3 TO 5: By age 3, kids should learn that men and women have different sex organs. Talk about them the same way you would discuss fingers and toes.

What You Should Tell Your Child About SEX and LOVE

Miami-Dade police charged two of the men, Manuel Alvarez, 35, and John Horn, 41, with exposure of sex organs and lewd and lascivious conduct.

Flashers target Herald hawker

Hormones are chemical messengers that, for example, send signals to initiate the development of sex organs and regulate metabolism.

European report recognizes hormone disruptions

The session dwelt at length and in graphic detail on the maturation and function of the sex organs. Then the Grade 7 students were asked to respond True or False to a list of questions, one of which was: "True or False: It is common to have crushes on someone of the same sex at puberty." Answer: "True; it's okay to like someone of the same sex."