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An erection (clinically: penile erection or penile tumescence) is a physiological phenomenon in which the penis becomes firm, engorged, and enlarged. Penile erection is the result of a complex interaction of psychological, neural, vascular, and endocrine factors, and is often associated with sexual arousal, sexual attraction or libido, although erections can also be spontaneous.
An erection is the stiffening expansion and orthogonal reorientation of the penis, which occurs during sexual arousal. Erections can occur in non-sexual situations; spontaneous non-sexual erections frequently occur during adolescence and sleep. In its flaccid state, the penis is smaller, gives to pressure, and the glans is covered by the foreskin.
After their mid-forties, some men report that they do not always have an erection when they are sexually aroused. [9] Equally, a male erection can occur during sleep (nocturnal penile tumescence) without conscious sexual arousal or due to mechanical stimulation (e.g., rubbing against the bed sheet) alone. A young man—or one with a strong ...
At this point, if the subject was being sexually stimulated, orgasm and ejaculation would typically occur. After maximum erection is obtained, the subject’s penis subsequently becomes flaccid again (3:55). Also visible in this demonstration are the tightening of the subject’s scrotum and the elevating of his testicles during arousal.
The video begins with the subject's genitals in a non-aroused flaccid state (0:00). As arousal progresses(0:30), the subject's penis becomes erect, the scrotum tightens and the testicles elevate. At the peak of arousal (0:57), orgasm occurs and semen is ejaculated from the penis in a series of rhythmic contractions.
Inside the penis is the urethra, which is used to ejaculate semen and to excrete urine. Both substances exit through the meatus. When a male becomes sexually aroused, erection occurs because sinuses within the erectile tissues of the penis (corpora cavernosa and corpus spongiosum) become filled with blood.
Penile–vaginal intercourse, or vaginal intercourse, is a form of penetrative sexual intercourse in human sexuality, in which an erect penis is inserted into a vagina. [1] Synonyms are: vaginal sex , cohabitation , coitus ( Latin: coitus per vaginam ), (in elegant colloquial language) intimacy , or (poetic) lovemaking .
Erectile tissue is tissue in the body with numerous vascular spaces, or cavernous tissue, that may become engorged with blood. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] However, tissue that is devoid of or otherwise lacking erectile tissue (such as the labia minora , vestibule , vagina and urethra ) may also be described as engorging with blood, often with regard to sexual ...