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Reproductive Behavior - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Search for sexual partner
        
        Courtship
        
        Sexual arousal
        
        Erection
        
        Penile protrusion
    - - Mounting
        
        Intromission
        
        Ejaculation
        
        Causes
        
        Stimulation of glans penis
        
        Forceful muscle contraction
        
        Intromission
    - - Dismount
        
        Refractory period
        
        Memory
  - - - Erotogenic stimuli cause sensory nerves to fire
        
        Activates reproductive behavior center in hypothalamus
        
        Stimulation of parasympathetic nerves that innervate penile arterioles
        
        Parasympathetic nerve terminals release NO
        
        Initiates biochemical cascade that causes erection
    - - Restricted venous flow
      - Elevated intrapenile pressure
      - Dilation of corporal sinusoids
      - Relaxation of retractor penile muscle
      - Elevated arterial blood inflow
- - - - Postures
      - Vocalizations
      - Chemical cues
    - - Head butting male
      - Mounting male
    - - Standing response
      - Tail deviation
      - Immobility
      - Backing up toward male
- - - - Close encounters
    - - Mating calls
      - Long-range signal
    - - Pheromones
    - - Final stimulus before copulation