Reproductive Education

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Reproductive Education

• Human Sexual Anatomy and Functions

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Male Reproductive System

• The male sex glands are the testes, or testicles
  where sperm are produced when the boy reaches
  puberty.
• The scrotum is the sac that holds the testes
• The penis secretes urine and ejaculates semen
  through a tube called the urethra that runs from
  the bladder along the length of the penis.

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• Testosterone, the hormone that regulates male
  sexual development, is also produced in the
  testes.
• Sperm mixes with fluids from the prostate gland
  and testes to produce semen.
• The muscular action that forces semen through the
  urethra and out of the penis is called
  ejaculation.

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• The testes are located outside the body to keep
  the sperm cooler than body temperature
• A release of semen while the male is sleeping is
  called a nocturnal emission or wet dream.
• Ejaculation (also known as climax or orgasm)
  usually only occurs when the penis hardens and
  stands out from the body as an erection.

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Females

• Ovaries are the female sex glands. The hormones
  estrogen and progesterone produced there control
  sexual development and the maturing of eggs.

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• The two fallopian tubes lead from the ovaries to
  the uterus. An egg travels through it on the way
  to the uterus. Fertilization takes place in a
  fallopian tube.

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• The vagina is a muscular passageway that leads
  from the uterus to the outside of the body.
  Menstrual flow leaves the body through the
  vagina, and the baby is pushed out of the body
  through this birth canal
• The labia are the folds of skin that cover the
  opening of the vagina.