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Psychological Phenomena > Psychophysiology > Arousal > Sexual Arousal
Behavioral Disciplines and Activities > Behavioral Sciences > Psychophysiology > Arousal > Sexual Arousal
... > Natural Science Disciplines > Biological Science Disciplines > Physiology > Psychophysiology > Arousal > Sexual Arousal
Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena > Nervous System Physiological Phenomena > Arousal > Sexual Arousal

Preferred term

Sexual Arousal  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Arousal, Sexual
  • Excitement, Sexual
  • Sexual Excitement

Scope note

  • Physiological arousal elicited by sexual contact or by other erotic stimulation resulting in impulses being transmitted through the central nervous system.The impulses also trigger the release of sex hormones, dilation of the arteries supplying the genital areas, and inhibition of vasoconstrictor centers of the lumbar nerves.

History note

  • 2021

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000083942

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