Male and female reproductive organs

• Male reproductive organs


  • Penis
  • Testes
• Testes


  • Produce male sex cells or sperm cells
  • Held in a sack of skin (called the scrotum) outside the body
  • Produce semen which contains millions of sperm each day
• Penis


  • Has special tissue which can be filled with blood, to make the penis stiff or erect
  • Needs to be erect to transfer sperm cells into the female during intercourse
  • When semen leaves the body of the male it is called ejaculation
  • The foreskin covers the head of the penis and protects it from being scratched
  • In some religions or cultures the foreskin is removed, this is known as circumcision
• Female reproductive organs


  • Ovaries
  • Uterus
  • Vagina
• Ovaries


  Produce the female sex or egg cells
• Ovum


  A female sex cell (Egg)
• Uterus


  Pear-shaped muscular structure where the baby develops and grows during pregnancy
• Endometrium


  Spongy tissue that lines the inner wall of the uterus
• Vagina


  Has muscular walls that stretch during childbirth
• What is semen?

  The fluid containing sperm that is released from the penis
• What is ejaculated? 


  Removal of semen from the erect Penis.
• What is an Overy? 


  Where female sex cells are made.