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Third Phase of Excitation

Orgasmic Phase

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Normal


Orgasmic
Phase

Heart Rate in Male and Female During Orgasm


Heart rate during orgasm in female (left) and male (right). Increased heart rate is the most
common reactions to tactile or erotic stimulation.
From Biology

The orgasmic phase is associated with feelings of the inevitability of ejaculation in men and contractions of the lower third of the vagina in women (see Male Orgasm and Female Orgasm on page 4 and 5)

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Author: Dr. Silvia Helena Cardoso, PhD. Psychobiologist, master and doctor in Sciences by the University of São Paulo and post doctoral fellowship by the University of California, Los Angeles. Invited Professor and Associate Researcher of the Center for Biomedical Informatics, State University of Campinas (Unicamp), Brazil.

Center for Biomedical Informatics
State University of Campinas, Brazil

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