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[[Marilyn Milos]], {{RN}}, executive director and founder of NOCIRC, discusses normal sexual function of the [[penis ]] and [[foreskin ]] and its loss due to circumcision.
== Why do/did you have foreskin? ==
== A well-integrated organ ==
Structurally, the [[penis ]] is highly integrated. The [[glans]], [[foreskin]] and [[skin]] of the penile shaft function as a single unit, not as a collection of separate parts with entirely different functions. The functions of the [[glans]] and [[foreskin]] are similar, and overlapping, but come fully into their own at different times during intercourse.
== Simple sensations ==
Thanks to its [[Ridged band|ridged band]], the inner lining of the foreskin is specialized sexual tissue. The ridged band readily expands and contracts and is obviously designed to detect [[stretching]] forces. When penile [[shaft skin]] tugs on the ridged band, special genital corpuscles in the peaks of the ridges detect movement and trigger ejaculation. [[Stretching]] of the ridged band may also trigger and sustain [[erection]].
Electrical stimulation of the [[glans ]] triggers nerve impulses that pass to the spinal cord and then to the muscle of ejaculation. Clearly the glans has much in common with the foreskin. Where foreskin and glans part company, functionally as well as physically, is in their sensitivity to light touch, pain and heat and cold. Contrary to common opinion, the glans is not highly sensitive to a broad range of stimuli.
==Foreskin vs. glans ==
== Summary ==
The various parts of the [[penis]], including the foreskin, form a functional whole. The [[foreskin ]] is the primary sensory tissue of the [[penis]]. The [[ridged band]] of the [[foreskin]] is built to trigger orgasm and [[ejaculation]].
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