Where your prostate is located

Look at the picture on the right. (You can zoom in and out by clicking on the illustration.)

The prostate lies just inside your body, below the bladder and in front of the rectum. That is why the prostate can be felt through the wall of the rectum.

When it is healthy, it is about the size of a walnut. It surrounds the tube called the urethra (u-REE-thra) that carries urine and semen out of the penis.