Psychiatry and Psychology

Sexual Behavior

Sexual activities of humans.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Sexual activities of humans.

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Synonyms

16 entry terms
  • Sex Behavior
  • Sexual Activities
  • Sexual Activity
  • Activities, Sexual
  • Activity, Sexual
  • Behavior, Sex
  • Behavior, Sexual
  • Anal Sex
  • Oral Sex
  • Premarital Sex Behavior
  • Sex Orientation
  • Sexual Orientation
  • Behavior, Premarital Sex
  • Orientation, Sexual
  • Sex, Anal
  • Sex, Oral

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Aspects Covered

9 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, drug effects, ethics, ethnology, history, physiology, psychology, radiation effects, statistics & numerical data.

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Indexing Annotation

human only: SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL is available; do not confuse entry term SEXUAL ORIENTATION with GENDER IDENTITY (see note there)

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History Note

2004 (1966)

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Tree Number

  1. F01.145.802w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Sexual Behavior. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012725. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012725
  2. Sexual Behavior. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_sexual_activity
  3. Sexual Behavior. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q608