Sexual Anatomy:women Flashcards

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why do women have lower sexual desire than man?

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  • do a lot of work (at home and outside of it) so they get tired
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Heteronormativity Theory of Low Sexual
Desire in Women Partnered With Men

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heteronomity:
-indequalitable divison of labor
-objetification
-caregiver-mother role to partner
**-gender nomes about sexual initiation
**
results in low sexual desire in women

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how long is the average orgasm

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30 sec

been reported 2min(vulva)

orgasm gap: man are more likely to experience orgasm then women

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Anatomy

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Us and Our Genitals

psychology?

  • hang-ups, misunderstanding
  • shame, embarrassment, and guilt
  • massive diversity
  • pornography(not very realistic)
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Genital Self-image

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Attitudes and feelings about own genitals
* How do people feel about their genitals?

most feel positive
but some have mix feelings

Important links to sexual well-being
* Comfort with partner(ex; oral sex)
* Labiaplasty(cosmetic sergery)
* Penis enlargement surgery

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Anatomy – People with vulvas know where they are and what they do

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External Genitals (Vulva)
* Mons Veneris
* Labia Majora
* Labia Minora
* Clitoris
* Vaginal Opening
* Vestibule
* Perineum
* Urethral Opening
* Hymen
Internal Genitals
* Vagina
* Cervix
* Uterus
* Fallopian Tubes
* Ovaries

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Mons Veneris (Pubis)

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the rounded fatty part of tissue where we have pubic hair

acts as a cushion during intercourse, sensitive to the touch it can bring plesure

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Labia Majora

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  • large folds
  • hide the other parts of the genitals
  • protection of the genital
  • can bring plesure
  • suranded by public hair
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Pubic Hair

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3 theories why we have them

1.traps pheramones(attracts partners)

2.protection from friction during sex

3.shows maturity for possible partners

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libia minora

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  • hairless lips that sit inside the labia majora
  • join with the clitoral hood
  • huge variation in size, shape, symmetry, and colour
  • on average, 2 – 10 cm long, protrude 0.5 – 5 cm
  • Bartholin glands: lumbrificate
  • sexual plesure
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Clitoris

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* clitoral shaft → two corpora cavernosa (spongy tissue)
* glans →** part that is visible**

  • clitoral hood → covers the exposed part of the shaft and most of the glans
  • highly innervated
  • shaft mostly hidden
  • average size: 25mm long, 5mm wide, protrude 3- 10mm
  • most sensitive part of the genitals
  • bring plesure very important can bring orgasm
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Female Genital Cutting/Mutilation

between infacy and 15 years old

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Type 1: Clitordectomy
* removal of the clitoris

Type 2: Excision
* Partial or total removal of the clitoris and inner lips

Type 3:** Infibulation**
* entire removal of clitoris and vulva
* vaginal opening sutured together; small passage left for
menstruation

type 4:all others procedure- pircings

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Labia Minora – Labiaplasty

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  • Most popular: labia minora
  • other surgeries: vaginal tightening, liposuction of the mons veneris, unhooding the clitoris
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Vulvar Vestibule

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  • area inside of the labia minora,
    region around urethra and vaginal
    opening
  • vulvodynia:cronic pain in this area

the pain can be proveked during sex for example or not provoked

16% suffer pain in this area for a couple months

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Urethral Opening

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  • located above vaginal opening and
    below the clitoris
  • for peeing
  • urinary tract infections: prone to bacterial infections
    due to proximity to vagina and anus

if infaction is untreated it can become :

  • cystitis – inflammation of the bladder
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Vaginal Opening

or ** introitus**

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  • lies below, and is larger than, the urethral opening
17
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hymen

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– fold of tissue that surrounds or partially covers the vaginal opening

variability

18
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The Hymen and Virginity

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  • Evidence of virginity
  • No hymen, may tear during exercise, during sexual exploration, during insertion of a tampon
  • virginity verification; artificial hymens; hymen restoration
  • it is not possible to confirm virginity by examining a hymen!
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perineum

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– skin and underlying tissues between vaginal
opening and anus

20
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internal anatomy of the vigina

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21
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**vestibular bulbs **(clitoris)

theres more to the clirus then just the glans

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– erectile tissue, extending down
sides of vaginal opening

  • engorge with blood during sexual arousal,
    swelling the vulva
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Vagina

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  • fibromuscular tubular tract
  • typically 8 to 10 cm deep at rest (3-4 inches)

it acomodates during sex and child birth

  • vaginal mucosa: lubrification foems during sexual arousal
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Lubricants

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water-based
+ easy to clean up, safe with all sex toys

– rinse off in water, needs to be re-applied, can contain
glycerin(can cause east infection)

silicone-based
+ doesn’t rinse off in water, lasts much longer without
reapplication, better for anal sex/play

– messy, can damage silicone sex toys, taste, stain sheets

oil-based
+ lasts forever

– can’t be used with sex toys or condoms, really messy and
difficult to clean up

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association of lumbrification with womens sexual plesure

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women recorded when they had sex with lube

2,453 women completed a 5-week internet-based, double-blind
prospective daily diary study in which they were assigned to use one
of six water- or silicone-based lubricants

  • Water-based lubricants were associated with fewer genital symptoms compared with silicone-based lubricants
  • Use of a water-based or silicone-based lubricant was associated with
    higher ratings of sexual pleasure and satisfaction for solo sex, penile-
    vaginal sex, and penile/anal sex compared to no lubricant use
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Vagina

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  • few nerve endings(close to the opening)-thats why clitoris causes more orgasm
  • microorganisms (i.e., bacteria) that protect
  • healthy at pH of 4-5 (acidic)
  • discharge
  • self-cleaning
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Pubococcygeus (PC) Muscles

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surounds the vigena,urethria and the anus

Kegels
* exercise of the pubococcygeus (PC) muscles
(muscle floor of the vagina)

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G Spot(Grafenberg)

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  • soft mass of tissues 2.5-5cm from
    vaginal entrance
  • intense sensation; vaginal orgasm
  • controversia

one universal structure has not been found to be caused of this extreme plesure but people still feel it

28
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* clitourethrovaginal (CUV)
complex

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during the intercorse a bunch of different areas are used together and feels good

**urethea,clitoris and the vigina **

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Female Ejaculation

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  • intense stimulation of the G Spot, typically, resulting in the expulsion of fluid from the urethra
  • 10-40% of females
  • low-volume versus high volume
  • Skene’s glands or urin
30
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Cervix

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  • lower end of the uterus
  • os – opening about the size of a pencil

cervical cancer
* HPV
- smoking
* Gardasil and other vaccines

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Uterus

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  • where the fertilized ovum implants
  • three layers:
  • perimetrium (outside)
  • myometrium(medium/muscler layer,very strong,help with pushing baby out)
  • endometrium(inside,creates mestruam flow)
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Fallopian Tubes (Oviducts)

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passageway for the ova from the ovaries to the uterus

  • tubal ligation – tie off fallopian tubes so ova can’t pass
  • ectopic pregnancy – implantation of the ovum in the
    fallopian tubes
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Ovaries

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  • follicles like capsuls that have eggs inside when ready it bursy
  • oocytes (ova)
  • 400 ripened ova over lifetime

produce hormones

  • **estrogens (estradiol) **– promotes physiological changes
    during puberty and control menstrual cycle
  • progesterone – controls menstrual cycle and stimulates
    thickening (proliferation) of the endrometrium (for
    pregnancy)
34
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The Bum

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  • anus – opening

two sphincters:
external – voluntary control
internal – typically involuntary

  • rectum – outer-most passage
35
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Breasts

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secondary sex characteristic:

  • 15-20 mammary glands per breast(man and women have it)
  • filled with fatty tissue
  • areola

* nipple

  • large variation in size,
    shape, position, hair, etc.
  • asymmetrical
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