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Sexual health

Enjoying emotional, physical, and social well-being in regard to one’s sexuality, including free and responsible sexual expression that enriches one’s personal and social life and fulfills one’s sexual rights. Disorders in sexual health can impact a person’s physical and emotional health, as well as his or her relationships and self-image.

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Sexual health

Skene’s glands

Health care; Sexual health

Two glands that gush fluid during female ejaculation. They are located on opposite sides of the opening to a woman’s urethra. Also called paraurethral glands or female prostate glands.

corpus cavernosa

Health care; Sexual health

Two strips of erectile tissue in the glans, shaft, and crura of the clitoris and along the sides of the penis that extend back into the pelvic floor. During sexual excitement, they fill with blood ...

Müllerian ducts

Health care; Sexual health

Two structures in the embryo that develop into the female reproductive tract.

normal

Health care; Sexual health

Typical, conforming to accepted standards. Being different is normal.

transvaginal ultrasound

Health care; Sexual health

Ultrasound uses sound waves to create images in internal organs. During a transvaginal ultrasound, a probe inserted into the vagina releases sound waves that echo off the tissue of the pelvic ...

double standard

Health care; Sexual health

Unequal expectations, moral standards, or rules that allow one group to have more privileges than another group within a society. A sexual double standard, for example, usually places more ...

myths

Health care; Sexual health

Unfounded or false stories or ideas.

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