MEDICAL BIOLOGY, HUMAN ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY - Ya.I. Fedoniuk 2010

ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY, PATHOLOGY

CHAPTER 9. THE PROCESS OF REPRODUCTION

ANATOMY OF THE REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS

SEXUAL MOTIVATIONS AND THEIR REALIZATION

2. SEXUAL RESPONSES IN WOMEN

Under METABOLISM/18.html">The Influence of psycho-emotional factors, as well as via reflex pathways resulting from The stimulation of genital receptors and erogenous zones, sexual arousal occurs in women. The nerve centers are located at the sacral level S2-S4, as well as in the Cerebral Cortex AND the limbic system. Sexual arousal is accompanied by Changes in the external genitalia: the labia become engorged with Blood and part, and the Clitoris swells, which contains A large number of mechanoreceptors and serves as an erogenous zone. Mucous fluid is secreted through the vaginal epithelium. THE POSITION OF the Uterus in the pelvis changes:

it elevates and enlarges, the cervix deviates from the posterior wall of the Vagina, creating a receptacle for receiving sperm.



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