Sexual health

Sexual health

Enjoying emotional, physical, and social well-being in regard to one’s sexuality, including free and responsible sexual expression that enriches one’s personal and social life and fulfills one’s sexual rights. Disorders in sexual health can impact a person’s physical and emotional health, as well as his or her relationships and self-image.

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female ejaculation

Health care; Sexual health

The spurting of fluid out of the urethra during intense sexual excitement or orgasm. The fluid is most likely secreted by the Skene’s glands, which are located in the vulva near the opening of the ...

plateau

Health care; Sexual health

The stage of sexual arousal in which a person has been sexually excited and may approach orgasm. The third stage of the sexual response cycle.

virginity

Health care; Sexual health

The status of never having had sexual intercourse.

vagina

Health care; Sexual health

The stretchable passage that connects a woman’s outer sex organs, the vulva, with the cervix and uterus. The vagina has three functions: to allow menstrual flow to leave the body, to allow sexual ...

corpus luteum

Health care; Sexual health

The structure formed during the luteal phase of a woman’s menstrual cycle. The corpus luteum produce testosterone following the release of an egg. Progesterone prepares the uterus with the rich ...