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27 Cards in this Set
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What is the first physiological signal of the excitement phase?
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Vaginal Lubrication
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What causes vaginal lubrication
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Vasocongestion and vaginal epithelium combined.
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increased blood flow to the internal and external genitals
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vasocongestion
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At waht stage of sexual arousal s the peak level of vasoconestion reached?
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Plateau Phase
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what physiological process change and how do they change during the pleatau phase?
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bp, hr, and breathing rate increase
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What happens to the clitoris during PP?
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it gets bigger in size and diameter, and it hides under the clitoral hood
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What happens to labia minora during PP?
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it changes color
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What happens to labia majora during PP?
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it moves away from the midline.
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What happens to the vaginal wall during PP?
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it becomes dark purple
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When the outer 1/3 of the vagina indicates that complete vasocongestion has occurred
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orgasmic platform
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What happens to uterus during PP?
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it elevates
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Diagnosis: Persistent or recurring partial or complete failure to attain or maintain lubrication- swelling response of sexual excitements until completion of the sexual act.
- Causes Distress |
FSAD Female Sexual Arousal Disorder
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Diagnosis: Reduced or absent vaginal lubrication/ sexual sensations.
- Subjective sexual excitement still occurs. |
Genital Sexual Arousal Disorder
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Diagnosis: Reduced or absent feelings of sexual excitement/ pleasure
- Vaginal lubrication or other responses still occur. |
Subjective Sexual Arousal Disorder
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What happens to hormones when you have FSAD?
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low estrogen levels
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How does SNS contributes to female sexual arousal.
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moderate levels of SNS activation increase genital arousal in sexually functional women.
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What were the results of the effect of exercise on arousal study?
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Exercise significantly increased a woman's arousal.
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What were results of the effect of ephedrine on arousal study?
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Epehedrine Significantly increased arousal.
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What did McCall and Meston discover that expectancy of sexual arousal did to real arousal?
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The expectancy highly correlated with what the true arousal was.
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What is the treatment for FSAD?
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- review physical causes
- topical lubricants - estrogen creams |
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What is the only FDA approved device fro women's sexual dysfunction?
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EROS- clitoral therapy device.
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What things could have affected the patients that just took a placebo? Waht cause placebo effect?
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- motivation for treatment
- compliance with treatment - awareness and expectations - Practitioner characteristics - enthusiastic attitude - belief in treatment - interpersonal skills - time spent with patient - amount of support given |
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placebo/treatment characteristics
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- number and color of pills
- frequency of treatment - well known "brand name" - novelty - route of administration - setting of administration |
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How do expectancies impact sexual responding by neurobiological mechanisms.
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-opioid release
- increase in testosterone? - dopaminergic activation |
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when a placebo was taken women would have decreased pain
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placebo effect cuased opioid release
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dopamine neurons are activated when expected to be rewarded sexually
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dopaminergic activation
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expectation to improve would result in:
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- decreased anxiety
- postive impact on parter-partner communication and interactions - postive impact on partner's behavior toward patient |
