sex organs

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The 23rd pair is different: Females carry two Xs, while males carry an X and a Y, which lead to the development of male sex organs.

From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2024

Providence facilities will perform some gender affirming surgeries, but not on “primary” sex organs such as the uterus, according to spokesperson Melissa Tizon.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 6, 2023

Animals with the same sex organs but different chromosomes enable scientists to isolate the effects of sex chromosomes from the effects of sex hormones, which are secreted by the reproductive organs.

From Scientific American • Dec. 21, 2022

Intersex is an umbrella term encompassing various conditions in which internal sex organs and external genitalia develop differently than for a typical boy or girl.

From Washington Times • Jul. 25, 2017

Thus the adrenal glands, among the most influential of all the ductless glands, are specially and intimately associated alike with the brain and the sex organs.

From Little Essays of Love and Virtue by Ellis, Havelock