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Sex organs are typically differentiated into [[male]] and [[female]] types.
In animals (including humans), the male sex organs include the [[testicle]]s, [[epididymis|epididymides]], and [[penis]]; the female sex organs include the [[clitoris]], [[Ovary|ovaries]], [[oviduct]]s, and [[vagina]]. The testicle in the male and the ovary in the female are called the ''primary sex organs''.<ref name="Clark">{{cite book|last=Clark|first=Robert K.|title=Anatomy and Physiology: Understanding the Human Body|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4idMNpe04qgC&q=primary+sex+organ&pg=PA268|publisher=Jones & Bartlett Learning|page=25|language=en|date=2005|isbn=9780763748166}}</ref> All other sex-related organs are known as ''secondary sex organs''. The outer organs are known as the '''genitals''' or '''external genitalia''', visible at birth in both sexes,<ref name="Clark"/>{{Pages needed|date=August 2021}} while the inner organs are referred to as '''internal genitalia''', which in both sexes, are always hidden.<ref>{{cite book|last=Deol|first=Pooja Soni|title=ANATOMY PHYSIOLOGY OF FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gO7aEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA14|publisher=Blue Rose Publishers|page=14|date=2023}}</ref>
In plants, male reproductive structures include [[stamens]] in flowering plants, which produce [[pollen]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Parts of a Flower |url=https://www.amnh.org/learn-teach/curriculum-collections/biodiversity-counts/plant-identification/plant-morphology/parts-of-a-flower |website=[[American Museum of Natural History]] |access-date=19 March 2023 |archive-date=19 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230319032014/https://www.amnh.org/learn-teach/curriculum-collections/biodiversity-counts/plant-identification/plant-morphology/parts-of-a-flower |url-status=live }}</ref> Female reproductive structures, such as [[pistils]] in flowering plants, produce [[ovules]] and receive pollen for fertilization.<ref name=EB1911>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Pollination |volume=22 |pages=2–5}}</ref> [[Moss]]es, [[fern]]s, and some similar plants have [[gametangia]] for reproductive organs, which are part of the [[gametophyte]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://biology.clc.uc.edu/courses/Bio106/mosses.htm |title=Mosses and Ferns |publisher=Biology.clc.uc.edu |date=2001-03-16 |access-date=2012-08-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120728014926/http://biology.clc.uc.edu/courses/Bio106/mosses.htm |archive-date=28 July 2012}}</ref> The [[flower]]s of [[flowering plant]]s produce pollen and [[egg cell]]s, but the sex organs themselves are inside the gametophytes within the pollen and the ovule.<ref>{{cite web |date=2010-05-18 |title=Flowering Plant Reproduction |url=http://www2.estrellamountain.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookflowers.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008233734/http://www2.estrellamountain.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookflowers.html |archive-date=Oct 8, 2012 |access-date=2012-08-01 |publisher=Emc.maricopa.edu}}</ref> [[Conifer|Coniferous plants]] likewise produce their sexually reproductive structures within the gametophytes contained within the [[Conifer cone|cones]] and pollen. The cones and pollen are not themselves sexual organs.
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