HSCI 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Retrograde Ejaculation, Testicular Cancer, Scrotum
24 Apr 2017
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Fatty pad where the right and left pubic bone meet at the midline, becomes covered in pubic hair at puberty. Made up of clitoral shaft containing erectile tissue containing spongy masses called corpora cavernosa respond to sexual stimulation, lls with blood. Homologous to the penis (similar in structure, develop from same embryonic tissues: different functions. Outer lips , folds of skin running down from the mons pubis alongside vulva. Amply supplied with nerve endings, produce sensations of pleasure. Inner lips , hairless, between labia major and surrounding the urethral and vaginal openings: join to form the hood (prepuce) to cover clitoris. Rich in blood vessels, sensitive to stimulation. Sensitive entranceway to vaginal and urethral openings. Highly enervated and sensitive to sexual stimulation. Vestibulodynia - makes it so sensitive that any vaginal penetration causes pain. Tube takes the urine form the bladder to be expelled from the body. May become infected from bacteria (i. e. utis)
