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#Question id: 12078


Following ejaculation, arterial blood flow into the corpora cavernosa decreases back to the normal resting level resulting in the flaccid state. What is the best explanation for this decrease in blood flow?

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal
  1. Systemic arterial pressure decreases due to absence of sexual stimulation
  2. The level of sympathetic stimulation to the arterioles supplying the corpora cavernosa decreases
  3. Resistance of the arterioles supplying the corpora cavernosa increases
  4. Formation of nitric oxide in the endothelial cells of the arterioles supplying the corpora cavernosa is stimulated by the increase in parasympathetic nervous system activity