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Meissner's corpuscles are encapsulated, unmyelinated nerve endings, surrounded by Schwann cells. The encapsulation consists of flattened supportive cells arranged as horizontal lamellae surrounded by a connective tissue capsule. They are found in abundance in the human [[foreskin]].<ref name="meissner2011winkleman1956">{{REFweb |url=http://www.anatomybox.com/meissners-corpuscles/ |title=Meissner’s CorpusclesREFjournal |last=Winkelmann

|init=RK |author-link= |etal=no |title=The cutaneous innervation of human newborn prepuce |trans-title= |language= |journal=J Invest Dermatol |location= |date=20111956-0401 |volume=26 |issue=1 |article= |page= |pages=53-67 |url=https://www.jidonline.org/article/S0022-04202X(15)48804-9/pdf |archived= |quote= |pubmedID=13295637 |pubmedCID= |DOI=10.1038/jid.1956.5 |doi= |format=PDF |accessdate=20202023-1007-2512}}</ref> The encapsulation consists of flattened supportive cells arranged as horizontal lamellae surrounded by a connective tissue capsule. They are found in abundance in the human [[foreskin]].<ref name="garcía-mesa2021">{{REFjournal

Winkelmann (1959) identified the [[Foreskin| prepuce]] and the [[glans penis]] (where Meissner's corpuscles are found) as ''specific erogenous zones''.<ref name="winklemann1959">{{REFjournal |last=Winkelmann |init=RK |author-link= |title=The erogenous zones: their nerve supply and significance |journal=Mayo Clin Proc |date=WinkelmannRK 1959-01-21 |volume=34 |issue=3 |pages=39-47 |url=http://www.cirp.org/library/anatomy/winkelmann/ |quote= |pubmedID=13645790 |pubmedCID= |DOI= |accessdate=2020-10-27}}</ref>

Sorrells et al. (2007) used a Semmes-Weinstein monofilament touch-test to map the fine-touch pressure thresholds of the [[penis]]. The areas most sensitive to fine-touch were the tip of the [[foreskin]] the mucocutaneous junction, the [[ridged band]], and the [[frenulum]]. These areas correspond to the location of Meissner's corpuscles. (These areas are not found on the [[circumcised ]] [[penis]].)<ref name="sorrells2007">{{Sorrells etal 2007}}</ref>