Difference between revisions of "Copulatory Behaviour - Anatomy & Physiology"
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| 1-3 seconds (1 Pelvic Thrust with Foreleg Clasp) | | 1-3 seconds (1 Pelvic Thrust with Foreleg Clasp) | ||
| 20-60 seconds (Multiple Pelvic Thrusts,Flagging,Followed by Innactive Phase) | | 20-60 seconds (Multiple Pelvic Thrusts,Flagging,Followed by Innactive Phase) | ||
− | | 5-20 minutes (Rapid Pelvic Thrusting to Engage Penis in Cervix) When Penis is Engaged,Thrusting Stops and Ejaculation Commences | + | | 5-20 minutes (Rapid Pelvic Thrusting to Engage Penis in Cervix) When Penis is Engaged,Thrusting Stops and Ejaculation Commences |
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− | | '''Volume of Ejaculate''' | + | | '''Volume of Ejaculate (ml)''' |
− | | | + | | 0.8-1.0 |
− | | | + | | 3-5 |
− | | | + | | 75-120 |
− | | | + | | 200-250 |
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| '''Site of Semen Deposition''' | | '''Site of Semen Deposition''' | ||
− | | | + | | External Cervical Os |
− | | | + | | Fornix Vagina |
− | | | + | | External Cervical Os, but Semen Enters Uterus at High Pressure |
− | | | + | | Cervix and Uterus |
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| '''Average Numbers of Ejaculations to Satiation''' | | '''Average Numbers of Ejaculations to Satiation''' | ||
− | | | + | | 10 |
− | | | + | | 20 |
− | | | + | | 3 |
− | | | + | | 3 |
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− | | | + | | 30-40 |
− | | | + | | 60-80 |
− | | | + | | 20 |
− | + | | 8 | |
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Revision as of 09:29, 16 July 2008
Species | Ram | Bull | Stallion | Boar |
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Duration of Copulation | 1-2 seconds (1 Pelvic Thrust with Foreleg Clasp) | 1-3 seconds (1 Pelvic Thrust with Foreleg Clasp) | 20-60 seconds (Multiple Pelvic Thrusts,Flagging,Followed by Innactive Phase) | 5-20 minutes (Rapid Pelvic Thrusting to Engage Penis in Cervix) When Penis is Engaged,Thrusting Stops and Ejaculation Commences |
Volume of Ejaculate (ml) | 0.8-1.0 | 3-5 | 75-120 | 200-250 |
Site of Semen Deposition | External Cervical Os | Fornix Vagina | External Cervical Os, but Semen Enters Uterus at High Pressure | Cervix and Uterus |
Average Numbers of Ejaculations to Satiation | 10 | 20 | 3 | 3 |
30-40 | 60-80 | 20 | 8 |
Mounting
- Elevation of the front legs of the male to straddle the posterior region of the female.
- Learned behaviour
Intromission
- Successful entrance of the penis into the vagina.
Ejaculation
- The reflex expulsion of spermatozoa and seminal plasma from the male reproductive tract.
- Sensory stimulation, primarily to the glans penis causes a series of coordinated muscular contractions.
- Once intromission has been achieved, reflex impulses are initiated.
- Neural impulses derived mainly from sensory nerves in the glans penis.
- Upon threshold stimulation, impulses are transmitted from the glans peinis by the internal pudendal nerve to the lumbosacral region of the spinal cord.
- Sensory impulses result in firing of nerves in the spinal cord.
- Forcing of semen into the urethra by nerves in the hypogastric plexus innervating target muscles.
- Urethralis muscle
- Ischiocavernosus muscle
- Bulbospongiosus muscle
- Emission and ejaculation
- Emission is the movement of seminal fluids from the accessory sex glands into the pelvic urethra so that they can mix with spermatozoa.
- Emission occurs before and during ejaculation.