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Vega et al. (2025) reported that the number of Meissner's corpuscles vary with age with the highest number being found between the ages of 20 and 40.<ref>{{REFjournal
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====Male Foreskin is Important - Here's Why====
<br>=== Anatomy of the Penis: Penile and Foreskin Neurology ===
<br>====Take care of your foreskin====
====Part Five: The Common Narratives Debunked====
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<div class='res-img'>[[File:Infographic Foreskin.jpg|Foreskin - Anatomy and function]]</div>
The word ''foreskin'' is a cognate of the German word ''Vorhaut''. The word ''prepuce'' is a cognate of the French word ''prépuce'', which is derived from Latin ''praeputium''. ''Foreskin'' is more commonally used in speech, while ''prepuce'' is more commonly seen in scientific literature.
The '''foreskin''' or '''prepuce''' is the double-layered fold of smooth muscle tissue, blood vessels, neurons, [[skin]], and [[mucosa| mucous membrane]] part of the [[penis]] that creates the [[preputial sac]], while covering and protecting the [[glans penis]] and the [[urinary meatus]].
* The inner foreskin and [[ridged band]] which is covered with mucosal membrane. ([[Mucosa]])
* The [[frenulum]] which connects the foreskin to the [[glans penis]] and usually limits retraction.
The inner and outer adult foreskin together contain about 15 square inches of skin.
===Foreskin in infancy and childhood===
* Foreskin extends beyond head: 6.4%<ref>Gebhard, P. H., Johnson, A. B., & Kinsey, A. C. (1998). Table 81. In: <i>The Kinsey Data: Marginal Tabulations of the 1938–1963 Interviews Conducted by the Institute for Sex Research.</i> Indiana University Press. </ref>
Please note that the last two categories, totalling 54.8%, provide complete covereage coverage of the [[glans penis]].
The human race evolved over perhaps 700 millenia. The foreskin evolved its physiological functions that improve fitness for survival during that time.<ref>{{URLwikipedia|Evolution|Evolution}}</ref>
=== Urination functions ===
The foreskin functions as a hose nozzle during [[urination]]. It confines and consolidates the multiple urine streams from the [[urethra]] into one stream that can easily be controlled and aimed as necessary.
[[Foreskinned]] men advise that [[Urination by foreskinned men| the foreskin should be stretched out to its full length]] to remove wrinkles before commencing [[urination]].
=== Erection functions ===
When [[erection]] of the [[penis]] occurs, the penis also expands in both circumference and length, so more skin is needed to cover it and allow painless erection. The foreskin unfolds to provide additional skin and permits [[intact]] men to enjoy painless erection, unlike many [[circumcised]] men who experience very tight, painful skin when [[erection]] occurs.
The prepuce provides a large and important platform for several nerves and nerve endings. The innervation of the outer skin of the prepuce is impressive; its sensitivity to light touch and pain are similar to that of the skin of the penis as a whole.<ref name="taylor1996" />
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Sorrells et al. (2007) conducted a fine-touch study of the penis of both [[circumcised]] and [[intact]] men. Sorrells et al. concluded:
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Vega et al. (2025) reported that the number of Meissner's corpuscles vary with age with the highest number being found between the ages of 20 and 40.<ref>{{REFjournal
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In other words, in monkeys and apes, the [[glans]] is more sensitive than the foreskin. In humans, this is reversed, so that the foreskin is more sensitive than the [[glans]].
==Popularity==
There has been a sharp increase in the popularity of the foreskin in the [[United States]] as indicated by the decrease in the incidence of [[circumcision]].<ref name="jacobson2021">{{REFjournal
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|title=Nationwide Circumcision Trends: 2003 to 2016
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This has been noticed in the online discussions.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/uncircumcised_talk/comments/1p1i35o/recent_growing_foreskin_love/
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==Videos==
===The Prepuce: Anatomy and Physiology of the Foreskin===<youtube>v=luDqvvGbhzU</youtube> ===Why you need to pull back your foreskin.====
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Dr. Palmer's advice applies to adults, NOT pre-pubescent boys.
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Pathologist [[Ken McGrath]], Senior Lecturer in Pathology at the Faculty of Health, [https://www.aut.ac.nz/ Auckland University of Technology] and Member of the New Zealand Institute of Medical Laboratory Scientists, discusses the neurological structures in the foreskin:
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{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Acroposthion]]
* [[Foreskin in Motion]]
* [[Frenulum]]
* [[Fusions and adhesions]]
* [[Gliding action]]
* [[Immunological and protective function of the foreskin]]
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* {{REFweb
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*{{REFweb
|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Pro_Male_Collective/comments/1nnaycl/the_importance_of_the_foreskin/
|title=The importance of the foreskin
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* {{REFweb
|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/foreskininfo/comments/1oh0za3/the_foreskin_is_more_than_just_extra_skin_here/
|title=The foreskin is more than just "extra skin." Here are 5 of its functional benefits
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[[Category:Foreskin anatomy]]