midterm 3

Question 1

Sex therapist

Answer 1

A person who treats sexual disorders, usually by means

of psychotherapy and sexual exercises.

Question 2

sensate focus

Answer 2

A form of sex
therapy that involves graduated
touching exercises.

Question 3

primary disorder

Answer 3

A disorder that
is not preceded by any period of
healthy function.

Question 4

secondary disorder

Answer 4

A disorder
that follows some period of healthy
function.

Question 5

situational disorder

Answer 5

A disorder
that appears only in certain
circumstances.

Question 6

premature ejaculation

Answer 6

Ejaculation before the man
wishes, often immediately on
commencement of coitus. Also
called rapid ejaculation.

Question 7

stop-start method

Answer 7

A sex therapy 
technique for the treatment of 
premature ejaculation that involves 
alternating between stimulating and 
not stimulating the penis.

Question 8

delayed ejaculation

Answer 8

Diffculty
achieving or inability to achieve
orgasm and/or ejaculation. Also
called male orgasmic disorder

Question 9

erectile disorder (ED)

Answer 9

A persistent 
inability to achieve or maintain an 
erection sufficient to accomplish 
a desired sexual behavior such 
as coitus to orgasm. Also called 
erectile dysfunction.

Question 10

prostaglandin E1

Answer 10

A hormone that
is injected into the penis to produce
an erection.

Question 11

vacuum constriction system

Answer 11

A device for treating erectile disorder
that creates a partial vacuum
around the penis, thus drawing
blood into the erectile tissue.

Question 12

penile implant

Answer 12

An implanted device

for treatment of erectile disorder.

Question 13

hypoactive sexual desire

disorder

Answer 13

Low or absent interest
in sex, when this condition causes
distress.

Question 14

dyspareunia

Answer 14

Pain during coitus.

Question 15

female sexual arousal disorder

Answer 15

Lack or insufficiency of physiological

sexual arousal in women.

Question 16

sexual interest/arousal disorder

Answer 16

Lack of interest in sex or insufficient
sexual arousal, when it causes
distress.

Question 17

persistent genital arousal

disorder

Answer 17

Long-lasting
physiological arousal in women,
unaccompanied by subjective
arousal or pleasure.

Question 18

vulvodynia

Answer 18

Painful sensitivity of the

vulva to touch.

Question 19

vaginismus

Answer 19

Inability to experience
coitus due to spasm o the muscles
surrounding the outer vagina
combined with pain, or ear o pain.

Question 20

vaginal dilator

Answer 20

A plastic cylinder
used to enlarge the vagina or to
counteract vaginismus.

Question 21

anorgasmia

Answer 21

Difficulty experiencing
or inability to experience orgasm.
In women, also called female
orgasmic disorder.

Question 22

coital alignment technique (CAT)

Answer 22

A variation o the man-above
position or coitus that increases
clitoral stimulation.

Question 23

Kegel exercises

Answer 23

Exercises to
strengthen pelvic floor muscles, with
the aim of improving sexual function
or alleviating urinary leakage.

Question 24

discrepant sexual desire

Answer 24

The
situation in which one partner in a
relationship has much more interest
in sex than the other.

Question 25

hypersexuality

Answer 25

Excessive sexual | desire or behavior.

Question 26

sex addiction

Answer 26

The idea that a person may be addicted to sexual behavior by a mechanism similar to that of substance addiction.

Question 27

compulsive sexual behavior

Answer 27

``` Sexual behavior perceived subjectively as involuntary and diagnosed as a symptom of a compulsive disorder. Also called obsessive-compulsive sexual disorder. ```

Question 28

perfect-use failure rate

Answer 28

``` The percentage of women using a contraceptive technique correctly who will become pregnant in the course of one year. ```

Question 29

typical-use failure rate

Answer 29

``` The percentage of women using a contraceptive technique with a typical degree of care who will become pregnant in the course of one year. ```

Question 30

barrier method

Answer 30

``` Any contraceptive technique in which a physical barrier, such as a condom or diaphragm, prevents sperm from reaching the ovum ```

Question 31

female condom

Answer 31

A nitrile rubber pouch inserted into the vagina as a contraceptive and/or to prevent disease transmission.

Question 32

diaphragm

Answer 32

A barrier placed over | the cervix as a contraceptive.

Question 33

cervical cap

Answer 33

A small rubber or plastic cap that adheres by suction to the cervix, used as a contraceptive.

Question 34

FemCap

Answer 34

A type o cervical cap that | has a raised brim.

Question 35

spermicide

Answer 35

A chemical that kills sperm, available as a contraceptive in a variety of forms, such as foams, creams, and suppositories.

Question 36

Intrauterine device (IUD)

Answer 36

A device placed in the uterus as a contraceptive. Also called intrauterine contraceptive (IUC).

Question 37

Paragard

Answer 37

A copper-containing IUD.

Question 38

Mirena

Answer 38

A hormone-releasing IUD | that is effective or 5 years

Question 39

Skyla

Answer 39

A hormone-releasing IUD that | is effective for 3 years.

Question 40

constant-dose combination pill

Answer 40

An oral contraceptive regimen in which all pills (except any dummy pills) contain the same drug dosage.

Question 41

triphasic combination pill

Answer 41

``` An oral contraceptive regimen that varies the doses o estrogens and progestins around the menstrual cycle. ```