Introductory Anatomy: Excretory & Reproductive Systems | Dr D.R.Johnson, Centre for Human Biology

Reproductive System Animals reproductive systems can be divided into the internal reproductive organs and the external genitalia. The gonads are the actual organs that produce the gametes. In the male, testes (singular = testis) produce sperm, and in the female, ovaries make eggs. In most animals, individuals are either definite males or definite females. However, in some species, individual ...

A HISTORY OF THE MALE AND FEMALE GENITALIA Turn outward the woman's, turn inward, so to speak, and fold double the man's, and you will find the same in both in every respect. -- Galen, 2nd century A. D. Physicians throughout time have analyzed, compared, and puzzled over the male and female reproductive organs. In 1620, the Scottish medical student John Moir aptly summed up the problems of ...