The reproductive part of a female's body can give her pleasurable sexual feelings, allow her to have sexual intercourse, have orgasms, become pregnant and give birth. Any girl who has begun her period can become pregnant if sperm fertilizes one of her eggs.

Almost all of the parts in the genital area of a female's body make up her reproductive system. The reproductive system has both outside and inside parts. Each part has a medical name and there are lots of other names that people sometimes use.

Breasts

Although a female’s breasts are not in the genital area, they still make up part of her reproductive system because they will provide breast milk if she has a baby. A girl’s breasts are sensitive and when they are touched they can give her pleasurable sexual feelings. During puberty it is normal for girls to have sore, tender breasts as they grow and develop.

As your breasts grow, and throughout your life, it is important to practice Breast Self Examinations. You can do these yourself to make sure your breasts are healthy. The links below will take you to websites about Breast Self Examinations:

Breast Self Exam
Examine your Breasts

Vulva

The vulva is the name for all the outside sexual parts of a female’s reproductive system.  The vulva includes the labia, the clitoris and the openings for the urethra (where pee comes out) and the vagina. It is the source of most of the sexual pleasure that females feel.

Labia

Every girl has two sets of skin flaps as part of her vulva. The outer flaps are thicker folds of skin that come together and hide the rest of the vulva. They usually have pubic hair on them and they can be long or short, large or small. There is no one right size. When a female gets sexually excited (turned on or horny) they swell up and may change colour.

Inside the outer flaps is a second set of very sensitive skin flaps. Some women’s inner flaps stick out between their outer flaps, and that is normal.  They are often pink in colour but they can also be brown or black. The inner flaps can also be wrinkled or smooth.

Clitoris

The clitoris (sometimes shortened to “clit”) is located at the top of the vulva where the outside flaps come together to make a little hood and hide the clitoris. Just like everything else, the clitoris can vary a lot in size. It can be as small as a tiny pea or as large as a fingertip. The clitoris is the pleasure centre of the vulva. When a female is sexually aroused the clitoris gets bigger and firmer. It is super sensitive and its one and only purpose is to provide a woman with pleasurable sexual feelings.  For some people, it is so sensitive that touching it directly is painful.

Urethra

The urethra is the small opening where urine (pee) comes out of the body. It is just below the clitoris.  It is not part of the reproductive system.

Vaginal Opening

The opening to the vagina is where the two inner flaps of the vulva come together at the bottom of the vulva. The vagina connects a female’s outer sex organs to her internal sex organs.

Vagina

The vagina is where the blood and fluid from a girl’s monthly period comes out the body and where the penis goes in during vaginal sexual intercourse. The vagina is very stretchy and is the opening through which the baby is pushed out of the body during childbirth.

Cervix

The cervix is the narrow part of the uterus that is connected to the vagina inside a female’s body.

Uterus

The uterus is the Latin word for the womb. Each month, from the time a woman starts to have periods until the time of her menopause, the body prepares the uterus to support a baby to grow.  If a female becomes pregnant, the fertilized egg attaches itself to the wall of the uterus, becomes a fetus and grows into a baby.

Fallopian Tubes

There are two fallopian tubes and once a month the ovaries release an egg, which almost always then enters into one of the tubes where it can be fertilized by sperm from a man’s penis. If the egg is fertilized it moves down the tube and attaches itself to the inside of the uterus. When that happens a woman has become pregnant.

Ovaries

The ovaries are hidden deep inside a woman’s body.  They are small and are connected to the fallopian tubes. All of the eggs in a woman’s body are stored in the woman’s ovaries.

If you want to read more about the female body, try the following websites:
 
Female Sexual Organs
Scarleteen: Pink Parts – Female Sexual Anatomy