AmiGO 2: Term Details for "penile erection" (GO:0043084)

Accession: GO:0043084
Name: penile erection
Ontology: biological_process
Synonyms: None
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: The hardening, enlarging and rising of the penis which often occurs in the sexually aroused male and enables sexual intercourse. Achieved by increased inflow of blood into the vessels of erectile tissue, and decreased outflow. Source: GOC:jl, Wikipedia:Penile_erection
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0043084 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: None
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to penile erection (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to penile erection (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for penile erection (excluding "regulates").

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For more information, please see the ontology relation documentation.

subject	relation	object
penile erection	BFO:0000050	copulation (GO:0007620)
penile erection	RO:0002162	Metazoa (NCBITaxon:33208)
penile erection	is_a	multicellular organismal reproductive process (GO:0048609)

subject	relation	object
male bulbospongiosus muscle (UBERON:0011388)	RO:0002216	penile erection
negative regulation of penile erection (GO:0060407)	RO:0002212	penile erection
corpus cavernosum penis (UBERON:0004713)	RO:0002216	penile erection
positive regulation of penile erection (GO:0060406)	RO:0002213	penile erection
helicine artery of penis (UBERON:0015174)	RO:0002216	penile erection
magnocellular nucleus of stria terminalis (UBERON:0007627)	RO:0002216	penile erection
regulation of penile erection (GO:0060405)	RO:0002211	penile erection
corpus spongiosum of penis (UBERON:0011183)	RO:0002216	penile erection