Abstract
The reproductive function is mandatory for species survival. This requires, to be efficient, an intelligent automation of the processes and a real motivation of the partners which is based on an important parameter: the pleasure, which is one of the main motor of reproduction. In order to make possible the union of two gametes (spermatozoon and ovule) within the genital tract of the female to create a new individual, it is needed to have some specific anatomical features: a variable stiffness penile injector, a bulbospongiosus urethral pump made by striated perineal muscles and an orgasmic ejaculation seizure generating expulsion of sperm and pleasure. This is provided by the firing of neurons of the ejaculation spinal centre in men, and the same orgasmic seizure can be recorded in women after appropriate stimulation of the clitoridian inductor. Most of the sexual problems are linked to a lack of knowledge of these neurophysiological precise processes.
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Rabischong, P. (2014). Ejaculation and Orgasm. In: Comprehensive Anatomy of Motor Functions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04169-8_10
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