PSYC 333 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Female Ejaculation, Retrograde Ejaculation, Human Sexual Response Cycle
12 Mar 2014
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Page 226-262, 36 pages page 1 of 15. This uses two basic physiological processes: vasocongestion when a great deal of blood flows into the blood vessels of the genitals due to vasodilation, and myotonia with muscle contraction in the genitals and throughout the body: limitations: Descriptive, not explanatory; focus on physiology and not psychology aspects of arousal. Excitement: excitement: the beginning of erotic arousal marked by vasocongestion. Vasocongestion and myotonia continue to build until there is sufficient tension for orgasm: the reverse process of vasoconstriction occurs for an erection to soften following orgasm, in the resolution phase. In women: in women, an important response is vagina lubrication, also resulting from vasocongestion as the capillaries in the walls of the vagina dilate, so fluid can move through these semipermeable membranes. This response is slightly less rapid than men"s, beginning 10-30 seconds after the onset of arousing stimuli.
