Female sexual arousal: Genital anatomy and orgasm in intercourse

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 780-792

  Wallen, Kim ^a   Lloyd, Elisabeth A ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clitoral position; Genital anatomy; Orgasm in intercourse; Prenatal androgens; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLITORIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; ORGASM; PENIS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; URETHRA;

ADULT; AROUSAL; COITUS; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HUMANS; LIBIDO; MIDDLE AGED; ORGASM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957597277     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2010.12.004     Document Type: Article

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