sexual behavior

behavior

the activity or pattern of activity of the patient; can be modified by training and medication; used clinically as a measure of cerebral activity.

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abnormal behavior

includes any activity judged to be outside the normal behavior pattern for animals of that particular class and age, including the vices, the fixed patterns of abnormality.

aggressive behavior

is common in animals as part of the establishment of territorial rights by males, as competition for sexual favors, because of fear of the unknown, and as maternal protection of young. In companion animals, aggression and dominance directed against humans can also be learned. See also aggression.

allelomimetic behavior

group activity behavior; those behavioral traits used to interact with others, particularly developed during the early socialization period.

auditory behavior

the use of the voice to communicate is poorly developed in animals but is used for example in the various voices used by cattle including mooing, lowing, bellowing. Is used most extensively by animals in communicating between mother and young and in courtship.

automatistic behavior

see stereotypic behavior (below).

communicative behavior

the behavioral patterns that result in communication between animals. Includes auditory, visual and chemical patterns.

consumptive behavior

includes inappropriate sucking and wool sucking, particularly in cats. May be the result of early weaning.

destructive behavior

involves digging or the destruction of items, such as furniture, doors, or toys, by chewing. Causes include separation anxiety, fear-induced aggression and play aggression.

elimination behavior

the ritual and method of passing urine and feces, particularly as seen in dogs and cats. This includes searching for the site, pre-elimination behavior of sniffing, scratching, etc., posture and post-elimination action such as scratching the ground or covering feces with dirt. Housetraining involves modification of this behavior.

epimeletic behavior

maternal behavior; that demonstrated by a dam caring for her young in the early stages.

et-epimeletic behavior

care-seeking behavior; young responding to the dam's care giving. In puppies, this includes tail-wagging, licking the dam's face, and following the dam closely.

hallucinatory behavior

behavior which suggests dementia. This may be inherent or acquired, e.g. shying at nonexistent objects in cows with nervous acetonemia, biting at imaginary flies by dogs.

ingestive behavior

includes overeating, inadequate intake of food, predation, wool sucking, pica, coprophagia, garbage eating and food-related aggression.

behavior modification

the use of learning techniques to alter behavior.

predatory behavior

chasing and killing is commonly displayed by cats in catching birds and rodents. Dogs, particularly in packs, may show predatory behavior in threatening and killing of livestock and, in some instances, humans.

sexual behavior

includes courtship and the mating act. Much of the behavior is visual including posture, feather fluffing, tail carriage; some of it is auditory, especially in cats, but chemical communication via pheromones is the clincher.

social behavior

behavior relative to others in the group. Includes establishment of the peck order, bulling by steers in feedlots, crowd pressure in the feeding of large groups of pigs, cannibalism in overcrowded communities, even self-immolation in lemming communities. The social stress that may follow abnormal group behavior may result in lowered production, reduction in disease resistance, or the expression of actual disease, e.g. esophagogastric ulcer of pigs.

stereotypic behavior

constant and repetitive actions, such as vocalization, grooming, walking or weaving, which would otherwise be seen normally in the species. See also obsessive-compulsive behavior.

thermoregulatory behavior

actions such as seeking cool places, lapping water, huddling are self-explanatory examples.

visual behavior

body language for animals. Posture, gait, other body movements all convey information about the animal.

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sexual

pertaining to sex.

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sexual behavior

includes masturbation, courtship, mating, estral display.

sexual cycle

estral cycle.

sexual differentiation

identification of the sex of a patient is done usually by an examination of external genitalia; preparation and examination of a karyotype is the preferred laboratory method.

sexual dimorphism

differences in structure or physical characteristics between males and females of the same species, e.g. horns in some breeds of sheep, feather coat color in many species of birds.

sexual intercourse

see mating.

sexual maturity

capable of mating. Occurs at different ages in different species and in different races and even breeds.

sexual receptivity

behavioral changes in female animals at the time of estrus; involves acceptance of male efforts at copulation and, in some species, actively seeking the male.

sexual rest

circumstances in which no sexual intercourse takes place.

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sexual behavior

A person's sexual practices–ie, whether he/she engages in heterosexual or homosexual activity. See Sex life, Sexual life.

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Patient discussion about sexual behavior.

Q. i'm 21 years old, and my penis outer skin covers the shaft. Is it natural to have like that? from my young age the outer skin of my penis covers my shaft, and only a little of the tip is exposed even if i try to pull the skin upwards. Is it natural to have it like that? I've seen in all porn movies and other sex videos that for all those guys the outer skin can be pulled up half the way. Will this affect my sex life?

A. The outer skin of the penis is called Foreskin. Usually the foreskin retracts during an erection and therefore does not interfere with your sexual life. The guys you see in the porn movies have probably had a circumcision. Circumcision is the removal of the foreskin, either partially or completely. It may be done for religious, aesthetic, health, or hygiene reasons, or to treat disease. Here is a website that has more information:
http://www.noharmm.org/anatomy.htm

Q. Abnormal Menstrual Periods? I am a 29 F. I have one child whom is five. I am not sexually active. Over the last few months my periods have become high in odor, irregular, lasting 10 days, painful in both my lower back and pelvic area. I've had spotting in between periods with bouts of pain. No change in discharge (ordorless, whitish). No itching, soreness, etc. Any ideas?

A. hmmmm....what about ovarian cyst? it can cause the pain, long period and irregularity. here's some info about it:
http://www.acog.org/publications/patient_education/bp075.cfm

anyway i think you should go see a gynecologist.