NCBI Bookshelf. The female sex organs make it possible for women to become pregnant and give birth to children. But they have other important jobs, too: They produce hormones, control the process of girls maturing into grown women, and make sex and sexual pleasure possible. Like men, women have external and internal sex organs. The external sex organs allow for sexual intercourse and sexual pleasure. The skin and mucous membranes on the external sex organs — especially on the head glans of the clitoris, the inner labia and the vaginal vestibule — have a lot of nerves and are very sensitive.

The internal genital organs form a pathway the genital tract. This pathway consists of the following:. The hymen, a mucous membrane, is located at the beginning of the genital tract, just inside the opening of the vagina see figure External Female Genital Organs.

The human body is a complex structure. You might want to lock yourself in the bathroom and look at your genitals with a mirror. About Contact us. Hide this page Puberty in girls What are the female sex organs?