PENIS PRIMER

I am sure we all know what the penis is for, but I did include some 'official' definitions of words that are used in this site. I did this just in case some of you needed a quick reference, believe me I didn't know what all of these terms meant at first.

Here are some terms along with their definitions used in this web site:

• Ejaculate: The fluid that is expelled from a man's penis during sexual climax (orgasm).
• Ejaculation: When sperm and other fluids come from the penis during sexual climax (orgasm).
• Penis: One of the external structures of the male reproductive system, along with the scrotum and testicles.
• Premature Ejaculation: Ejaculation that occurs before or soon after penetration.
• Retrograde Ejaculation: A condition that occurs when, at orgasm, the ejaculate is forced back into the bladder rather than through the urethra and out the end of the penis.
• Scrotum: The sac of skin that surrounds the testicles.
• Semen: The fluid containing sperm (the male reproductive cells) that is expelled (ejaculated) through the end of the penis when the man reaches sexual climax (orgasm).
• Seminal Vesicles: The sac-like pouches that attach to the vas deferens near the base of the urinary bladder. The seminal vesicles produce a sugar-rich fluid (fructose) that provides sperm with a source of energy and helps with the sperms' motility (ability to move). The fluid of the seminal vesicles makes up most of the volume of a man's ejaculatory fluid, or ejaculate.
• Sexual Dysfunction: This refers to a problem during any phase of the sexual response cycle that prevents the individual or couple from experiencing satisfaction from the sexual activity.
• Shaft of the Penis: The long, slender cylinders of tissue inside the penis that contain spongy tissue and expand to produce erections.
• Sperm: The male reproductive cells.