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| the psychological motivation, incentive, or appetite for sex |
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| excitation of the body, including the genitals, for sexual activity |
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| internal components of sexual arousal that come from the cognitive and emotional centers of the brain, forming the foundations for sexual response |
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| peripheral arousal system |
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| external components of sexual arousal that reach the brain and spinal cord from the skin, genitals and sense organs |
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| a device placed on the penis to measure even subtle changes in its size due to sexual arousal |
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| a laboratory measuring device that charts physiological changes over time. Attached to a penile strain gauge, it can chart changes in penis size. This is called penile plethysmography. |
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| the first phase of Masters and Johnsons four phase model of the sexual response cycle, involving genital vasocongestion |
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| the stable, leveled off phase of masters and johnsons four phase model of the sexual response cycle |
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| a rush of pleasurable physical sensations associated with the release of sexual tension |
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| the term for the return of a body to its unexcited state following orgasm |
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| difficulties people have in achieving sexual arousal and in other stages of sexual response |
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| kaplans term for the psychological interest in sex that precedes physiological sexual arousal |
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| a vaginal area that some researchers feel is particulary sensitive to sexual stimulation when its underlying spongy tissues are engorged with blood. |
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| secretory cells located inside the females urethra |
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| ejaculatory inevitability |
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| the sensation in the male that ejaculation is imminent |
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| time following orgasm during which a man cannot be restimulated to orgasm |
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| manner in which hormones control patterns of early development in the body |
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| the direct influence some hormones can have on activating or deactivating sexual behaviors |
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| a male hormone, such as testosterone, that affects physical development, sexual desire, and behavior. Testosterone is produced by both male and female sex glands and influences each sex in varying degrees. |
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