PSY354 Biopsychology of Sex

Session 3: Female & Male Anatomy

“Naming the parts” and the description of

their layout is the crucial first stage of
education in sexuality
The Vulva women's entire exterior genital area)
focus differences between male/female
Naming
*
and the
the
parts"
on

description of theiroflayout
is the

crucial first stage education

in
sexuality ->
importantsanding
sexual their
anatomy-
functions

·
Mountain "venus"fatty tissue
with
covered
skinkpubic hair tend demons
ex from
the fat acts like a cushion ↑
sext protects
during
public bone
·

ortesePinet"airtetentinstitutes

externalportionyoucanseewithnakedeyeat persesneedings
a
·

less
inner
skin,
lips, thin folds
met at center
of hair.
to form
clitoral hood

.
passage
the
way for
secretion of
vine

↓
vaginal opening
·

have it
newborn
girls usually
*

covered with thin membrane

of skin e
hymen
↳ unrelated to

virginityor

intercorse
sexual
Most non primate mannals have
Body Hair
most of their body armpits, the
these over .
in the
around of
groin
breast
nipples the
also
in eyelids
secretion odor
glands
I
also
scent in ear
=
-

- cannal
also in
5
Apocrine Sweat Glands are nostrils

found Underarm, scalp and genital -

armpit
-traping'sdistributing orders > Intended to send signals to potential partners
regions pheromones)

-groin
area
 Jes
Tanner Stages of Development
Scale of physical development
in children/ adolescents adults
+

(both
primary,secondary) breasts, testiculal
of volume in men
characteristics
-

Ex. size

-
Defines physical measurements
of developmentbased on EXTERNAL

Possible Advantages of hair growth? -marker of sexual maturation (visual,

indicates to
mature -
potential partner an individual is sexually
can
a

induce arousal)
Stage
No hair
-

-
No breast tissue

PUBIC HAIR
Downsides:
Stage -can trapsbe a

hair
Downy
breadingandfor
-

noticeable breast bud

under areola
ex, public lice
Stage
-

minimal terminal hair

-
noticeable breast tissue - Importance in
outside areola documenting and
physical development
of secondary
Stage characteristics of
-

Terminal hair that fills children during

puberty
entire
triangle overlying
-
the public
double scrop regiopearance
stage
-

Terminal hair that extends

beyond the inguinal crease

onto
thigh
-nipple protrision
-
areola hyperpigmentation
 Removal of Pubic Hair

Alot
* more common in young
women
Significant decrease in pubic lice but other STI
measures remain high
women
of public lice has gone down-greater proportion removing public
of

Frequency
hair

has
gone up
C
Armstrong and Wilson, 2006
The Vulva

GLANS
Dissection of The Vulva

·Head of clitoris

of fusion between left,right public bones

Eue
line
- surrounds
CNS
point origin(attachment
of

of structures in
vulva
pelvic muscles
- contractions stiffens walls during
sext contract more
strongly
duringgashelps
Keep
sperm
invagina
orgas

H:neutralize
naturally acidic env. of
vaginasmake it
sperm friendly secrete small amounts of fluid -
NOT play
especially before orgasm do
+

a
significant role in lubricating the vagina
Dissection of The Vulva
Two internal extensions of the clitoris
crus:
elongated part of
an anatomical structure

"LEG"
~

L
surrounds
vrethralvaginal
opening
Become engorged
with blood
during
sexual arousal
 The G spot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b03oZ2PfP24

Leg

surrounds
vrethral vaginal
opening
Become engorged
with blood
during
sexual arousal
 total removal of clitoris 3 type purification
A partial
Type
or

CLITORIDECTOMY &
Removal of clitoris

② Removal of clitoristlabia
partial or total removal of clitoristinnerlabia
Type & with or without excision of outer labia ③
sticking

Type B
EXCISiON

narrowing vaginal opening with a

covering seal FGM :( -

bleeding
severe
-childbirth
complications
-problems urinating
-promblems menstrating
-mental health
-

shock, death

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJwP6C5q
6Qg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBV1zKft3o
Y

https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/condition
s/genito-pelvic-pain-or-penetration-disorder-
⑰ of FGM
Describe experience how the
sexual-pain-disorder psychological disorder may
lead to this

How
Asociocultural
do all of these interact
factors
biological factors
(physical factors)
(biopsychological approach)
to lead to the develop Flashbacks
together *
psychological factors PTSD
-

of this disorder
The Female Reproductive Tract
Tube (site of egg fertilizations zygotel)
~Fellopian

Function to release mature

ovocites leggs during m.cycle)

- Productions
-

secretion of sex

hormones
(estrogerogesterone
surrounds ovaries

②
implanthertight
I REPRODUCTIVE FUNCTIONS
continually morphes itself and
① Transportation
A
forperm
changing
m.cych-sheddingand renewnotesmetalk
sperm state
to

meansinany delivery the transporting

of the
helps with the expulsion
("cramps")
↳
mucus
secreting uterine linning through
contractions
glands
connects vagina to short
cannal- to cervix

~ 10cm Ion
I
3 distinct layers/elastic
lubrication
I
thin cellular linning "mucosa" ->

② intermediate muscular layer

③ outer most fribo elestic layer
 ↑ Vaginal Bacteria and Fungi
&f 4 5 PH
-

Has defences "outside"world

I prevents bacteria growth against

inhabited by -

symbiotic bacteria
Bacteria
->kills-inhibits
bacteria
growth of other
to
Lactobacilli -> converts sugars
lactic acid

Fungal organisms ·
can cause an infection
if conditions inside the
Candida albicans vagina its
encourage
overgrowth of fungi
↓
growth ex. Off PH

Candidiasis (a.k.a. yeast

infection)
Overgrowth of fungi due to PH
imbalance

http://dwb4.unl.edu/Chem/CHEM869V/CHEM869VLinks/www.ec.gc.ca/acidrain/acidfact.html
The Female Reproductive Tract

uterus
Microscopic Structure of the Ovary
Only onefolliclewillmatulation follicles that
~

in developing oocyte (an egg)

cell

contain an
~
million eggs - drops to female gamete
matured

↑
400,000, 110,000 are
2700/year They surround follicles
slost/year ->

groupof endocrine
of cells in the
connective tissue
ovary made
up surrounding the
follicle
*@}⑨)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFDatCchpus
 Men’s Bodies: Body Hair
Possible Advantages?
Trap and distribution of odours and pheromones
(Apocrine sweat glands)
pheromones
The Male External Genitalia Are
the Penis and Scrotum ·

responsible for protecting

testes
↳
helps with thermoregulation
of testicles

covered by foreskin

circumsition
 But…Why???
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmXyNNyW
cHI circumcision in the bible (apart of
covenant people
a marking difference between

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StBecaGEq
Ws
biopsychological
Taking decide
a

whether
approach,
it not?
or
first discuss/male) circumcision
then you support Cless than half get it now)
·
rejection/society
⑧
Internal Structures of the Erect Penis

rundedby
tough fibrous layer

! Deorus
as the cavernosum
corpus
-

fill
spongion
the

with blood firmness

extends from
the shaft in the
gland

natural body
opening

discharges sement urine

The Male Reproductive Tract
locatedbetweenpenissbladderanddetest

in
sunstay
going through
prostate

12
-

-
lie below
secretions
prostrate
are

expelled through
urethra
pre-cum"

↑testieslocatedoutside thebody
be re

35°C normal body temp.

 The Scrotum and its Contents
Bundle of structures that
maintain temp.
connect testes with
helps Epididymis
-
within y
organ systems
abdominal
cavity contain arteries/veins/ newes
that
supply testicle's &
After
sperm matured
it's exchange heat through
carried to the urethra by this
thermosensitive newes) 2 here before
cord ⑳
vaseferens going to the
was deferens
↑

located within the

cord
&
↑ spermatic

Il
carriesmateriamis

! Cremaster muscle
covers
spermatic cord
striated contracts
and relaxesmuscle,
wraps around testess
automatically
in
changes
response to in

temperature maintain
->

thermoregulation
Internal Structure of the Testis and Epididymis

secrete steroid
hormone
testosterone

↓ Sperm
f
Attached to back surface Where
*
-react to hormones

of testies, "reservoir" sperm that

regulate testicular
production starts function + control spermato genesis
sperm spend their last week
of
development traversing the * from stem cell to sperm development
epididymis -
mature ittakes 2 64 days (150 million sperm/day?

After
passing the
seminiferous tubule -> sperm
isn't found in testies
passes through network of *
Sperm
until
spaces
crete testis) -> then puberty
migrate to epididymis
The Male Reproductive Tract

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XQcnO4iX_U