midterm 3

Question 1

Sex therapist

Answer 1

A person who treats sexual disorders, usually by means

of psychotherapy and sexual exercises.

Question 2

sensate focus

Answer 2

A form of sex
therapy that involves graduated
touching exercises.

Question 3

primary disorder

Answer 3

A disorder that
is not preceded by any period of
healthy function.

Question 4

secondary disorder

Answer 4

A disorder
that follows some period of healthy
function.

Question 5

situational disorder

Answer 5

A disorder
that appears only in certain
circumstances.

Question 6

premature ejaculation

Answer 6

Ejaculation before the man
wishes, often immediately on
commencement of coitus. Also
called rapid ejaculation.

Question 7

stop-start method

Answer 7

A sex therapy 
technique for the treatment of 
premature ejaculation that involves 
alternating between stimulating and 
not stimulating the penis.

Question 8

delayed ejaculation

Answer 8

Diffculty
achieving or inability to achieve
orgasm and/or ejaculation. Also
called male orgasmic disorder

Question 9

erectile disorder (ED)

Answer 9

A persistent 
inability to achieve or maintain an 
erection sufficient to accomplish 
a desired sexual behavior such 
as coitus to orgasm. Also called 
erectile dysfunction.

Question 10

prostaglandin E1

Answer 10

A hormone that
is injected into the penis to produce
an erection.

Question 11

vacuum constriction system

Answer 11

A device for treating erectile disorder
that creates a partial vacuum
around the penis, thus drawing
blood into the erectile tissue.

Question 12

penile implant

Answer 12

An implanted device

for treatment of erectile disorder.

Question 13

hypoactive sexual desire

disorder

Answer 13

Low or absent interest
in sex, when this condition causes
distress.

Question 14

dyspareunia

Answer 14

Pain during coitus.

Question 15

female sexual arousal disorder

Answer 15

Lack or insufficiency of physiological

sexual arousal in women.

Question 16

sexual interest/arousal disorder

Answer 16

Lack of interest in sex or insufficient
sexual arousal, when it causes
distress.

Question 17

persistent genital arousal

disorder

Answer 17

Long-lasting
physiological arousal in women,
unaccompanied by subjective
arousal or pleasure.

Question 18

vulvodynia

Answer 18

Painful sensitivity of the

vulva to touch.

Question 19

vaginismus

Answer 19

Inability to experience
coitus due to spasm o the muscles
surrounding the outer vagina
combined with pain, or ear o pain.

Question 20

vaginal dilator

Answer 20

A plastic cylinder
used to enlarge the vagina or to
counteract vaginismus.

Question 21

anorgasmia

Answer 21

Difficulty experiencing
or inability to experience orgasm.
In women, also called female
orgasmic disorder.

Question 22

coital alignment technique (CAT)

Answer 22

A variation o the man-above
position or coitus that increases
clitoral stimulation.

Question 23

Kegel exercises

Answer 23

Exercises to
strengthen pelvic floor muscles, with
the aim of improving sexual function
or alleviating urinary leakage.

Question 24

discrepant sexual desire

Answer 24

The
situation in which one partner in a
relationship has much more interest
in sex than the other.

Question 25

hypersexuality

Answer 25

Excessive sexual

desire or behavior.

Question 26

sex addiction

Answer 26

The idea that a
person may be addicted to sexual
behavior by a mechanism similar to
that of substance addiction.

Question 27

compulsive sexual behavior

Answer 27

Sexual behavior perceived 
subjectively as involuntary and 
diagnosed as a symptom of a 
compulsive disorder. Also called 
obsessive-compulsive sexual 
disorder.

Question 28

perfect-use failure rate

Answer 28

The 
percentage of women using a 
contraceptive technique correctly 
who will become pregnant in the 
course of one year.

Question 29

typical-use failure rate

Answer 29

The 
percentage of women using a 
contraceptive technique with a 
typical degree of care who will 
become pregnant in the course of 
one year.

Question 30

barrier method

Answer 30

Any contraceptive 
technique in which a physical 
barrier, such as a condom or 
diaphragm, prevents sperm from 
reaching the ovum

Question 31

female condom

Answer 31

A nitrile rubber
pouch inserted into the vagina as
a contraceptive and/or to prevent
disease transmission.

Question 32

diaphragm

Answer 32

A barrier placed over

the cervix as a contraceptive.

Question 33

cervical cap

Answer 33

A small rubber
or plastic cap that adheres by
suction to the cervix, used as a
contraceptive.

Question 34

FemCap

Answer 34

A type o cervical cap that

has a raised brim.

Question 35

spermicide

Answer 35

A chemical that kills
sperm, available as a contraceptive
in a variety of forms, such as foams,
creams, and suppositories.

Question 36

Intrauterine device (IUD)

Answer 36

A device placed in the uterus
as a contraceptive. Also called
intrauterine contraceptive (IUC).

Question 37

Paragard

Answer 37

A copper-containing IUD.

Question 38

Mirena

Answer 38

A hormone-releasing IUD

that is effective or 5 years

Question 39

Skyla

Answer 39

A hormone-releasing IUD that

is effective for 3 years.

Question 40

constant-dose combination pill

Answer 40

An oral contraceptive regimen in
which all pills (except any dummy
pills) contain the same drug dosage.

Question 41

triphasic combination pill

Answer 41

An 
oral contraceptive regimen that 
varies the doses o estrogens and 
progestins around the menstrual 
cycle.