Republic of the Philippines

Bulacan State University

City of Malolos, Bulacan

COLLEGE OF SCIENCE

SCORE:
NAME: SHAIRA COLEEN DC. UNTALAN

COURSE, YR. & SEC. BSA 3A GROUP:

INSTRUCTOR: MARLYN ROSE M. SACDALAN DATE: February 11, 2021

Lesson

11 Sexual response and

dysfunctions
PRE-TEST. Write your answers here.
1. What is sexual response?
Sexual response cycle, pattern of physiologic events occurring during
sexual arousal and intercourse. In both men and women, these events may be
identified as occurring in a sequence of four stages: desire, arousal (excitement),
orgasm, and resolution. The basic pattern of these stages is similar in both
sexes, regardless of the specific sexual stimulus.

2. Give and explain the different phases of sexual response.

In the desire stage, the body prepares for sexual activity by tensing
muscles and increasing heart rate and blood pressure and in the male, blood
flows into the penis, causing it to become erect while in the female, the vaginal
walls become moist, the inner part of the vagina becomes wider, and the clitoris
enlarges. In the arousal stage, breathing becomes more rapid and the muscles
continue to tense; the glans at the head of the penis swells and the testes
enlarge in the male; in the female, the outer vagina contracts and the clitoris
retracts.

At orgasm the neuromuscular tension built up in the preceding stages is

released in a few seconds and in the woman, the vagina begins a series of
regular contractions while in the man, the penis also contracts rhythmically to
expel the sperm and semen (ejaculation). The succeeding resolution stage
brings a gradual return to the resting state that may take several hours. The
resolution stage in men contains a refractory period of several minutes to a few
hours, during which the man is incapable of further sexual arousal but women
have no such refractory period and can quickly become aroused again from any
point in the resolution stage.