Medical breakthrough!! Woohoooo!!!!

I'm currently reading a book by Mary Roach entitled "Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers".

It's an interesting book, funny but verrrryyyy educational. In one of its footnote there was a brief mentioning on this topic and while I was browsing to the net, I found a study conducted by these 4 people (Willibrord Weijmar Schultz, associate professor of gynaecology, Pek van Andel, physiologist, Ida Sabelis, anthropologist, Eduard Mooyaart, radiologist) who have nothing better to do other than taking MR images of people having sex!!

Below are the Abstract of the paper,

Objective: To find out whether taking images of the male and female genitals during coitus is feasible and to find out whether former and current ideas about the anatomy during sexual intercourse and during female sexual arousal are based on assumptions or on facts.

Design: Observational study.

Setting: University hospital in the Netherlands.

Methods: Magnetic resonance imaging was used to study the female sexual response and the male and female genitals during coitus. Thirteen experiments were performed with eight couples and three single women.

Results: The images obtained showed that during intercourse in the "missionary position" the penis has the shape of a boomerang and 1/3 of its length consists of the root of the penis. During female sexual arousal without intercourse the uterus was raised and the anterior vaginal wall lengthened. The size of the uterus did not increase during sexual arousal.

Conclusion: Taking magnetic resonance images of the male and female genitals during coitus is feasible and contributes to understanding of anatomy.



Righttttt...

Anyways, for those wanting to read further on this and to satisfy your curiosity, click on the link below and enjoys :)

http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7225/1596?fmr