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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 ...