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Penile Erection

"Penile Erection" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The state of the PENIS when the erectile tissue becomes filled or swollen (tumid) with BLOOD and causes the penis to become rigid and elevated. It is a complex process involving CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS; HORMONES; SMOOTH MUSCLES; and vascular functions.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Penile Erection" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Penile Erection" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
Bar chart showing 64 publications over 25 distinct years, with a maximum of 6 publications in 1995 and 2017
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