Sexual Arousal Response
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Master and Johnson sexual response | excitement, plateau, orgasm, and resolution |
| interest | brain ready |
| desire | body ready |
| plateau | vasocongestion peaks M:penis completely erect, glans swells, testes pulled higher/closer to body F: orgasmic platform-tightening of outer 1/3 of vagina, clitoris elevated |
| excitement | beginning or erotic arousal M:erection F:lubrication erection both vasocongestion |
| orgasm | m&f there is a sharp increase in pulse, bp, and respiration M: ejaculatory inevitability F: feeling begins at clitoris, then to whole pelvis |
| resolution | return physiologically to the unaroused state M: refractory period (time during which no stimulation can resolve in erection) F: none, some may have multiple orgasms |
| Male Sexual Response | Excitation, Erection, Emission and, Ejaculatory |
| Erection | blood vessels expand and increase blood in penis, veins that normally carry blood out are compressed, leading to engorgement of penis, secretions from Cowper's glands appear at tip |
| Emission | sperm sent into vas deferens, rhythmic contractions begin, feeling of ejaculatory inevitability |
| Ejaculatory | 2-5 min., rapid contractions, semen spurts from urethral opening, 2-6ml, contains spermicidal, composition, orgasm, followed by refractory period |
| myotonia | muscle flexing-> tone getting tighter |
| vasocongestion | swelling of bodily tissues caused by increased vascular blood flow and a localized increase in blood pressure. |
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