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===Foreskin in infancy and childhood===

Baby boys are born with the foreskin fused with the glans penis by a [[synechia| synechial membrane]]. The tip of the foreskin is usually too narrow to allow [[retraction of the foreskin]].

Baby boys are born with the foreskin fused with the glans penis by a [[synechia| synechial membrane]]. The tip of the foreskin is usually too narrow to allow [[retraction of the foreskin]]. The preputial cavity is closed and cannot be infected.<ref name="fleiss-hodges-vanhowe1998"/>

Thorvaldsen & Meyhoff (2005) conducted a survey of 4,000 boys in Denmark. They report that the mean age of first foreskin retraction is 10.4 years in Denmark.<ref name="Thorvaldsen-meyhoff2005">{{REFjournal

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===Foreskin in adulthood===

The foreskin (also known as the prepuce) is the double-layered fold of smooth muscle tissue, blood vessels, neurons, skin, and mucous membrane part of the penis that covers and protects the glans penis and the urinary meatus.<ref name="cold-taylor1999"/> The foreskin ~~comprises more than fifty percent of the epithelium of the penis~~.<ref name="taylor1996">{{REFjournal

The foreskin (also known as the prepuce) is the double-layered fold of smooth muscle tissue, blood vessels, neurons, skin, and mucous membrane part of the penis that covers and protects the glans penis and the urinary meatus.<ref name="cold-taylor1999"/> The adult foreskin measures about 3 inches by 5 inches or 15 square inches.<ref name="taylor1996">{{REFjournal

|last=Taylor

|first=J.R.

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|first3=R.S.

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|author3-link=Robert S. Van Howe

|title=Immunological functions of the human prepuce

|journal=Sex Trans Infect

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 ===Foreskin in infancy and childhood===
-Baby boys are born with the foreskin fused with the glans penis by a [[synechia| synechial membrane]]. The tip of the foreskin is usually too narrow to allow [[retraction of the foreskin]].
+Baby boys are born with the foreskin fused with the glans penis by a [[synechia| synechial membrane]]. The tip of the foreskin is usually too narrow to allow [[retraction of the foreskin]]. The preputial cavity is closed and cannot be infected.<ref name="fleiss-hodges-vanhowe1998"/>
 Thorvaldsen & Meyhoff (2005) conducted a survey of 4,000 boys in Denmark. They report that the mean age of first foreskin retraction is 10.4 years in Denmark.<ref name="Thorvaldsen-meyhoff2005">{{REFjournal
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 ===Foreskin in adulthood===
-The foreskin (also known as the prepuce) is the double-layered fold of smooth muscle tissue, blood vessels, neurons, skin, and mucous membrane part of the penis that covers and protects the glans penis and the urinary meatus.<ref name="cold-taylor1999"/> The foreskin comprises more than fifty percent of the epithelium of the penis.<ref name="taylor1996">{{REFjournal
+The foreskin (also known as the prepuce) is the double-layered fold of smooth muscle tissue, blood vessels, neurons, skin, and mucous membrane part of the penis that covers and protects the glans penis and the urinary meatus.<ref name="cold-taylor1999"/> The adult foreskin measures about 3 inches by 5 inches or 15 square inches.<ref name="taylor1996">{{REFjournal
   |last=Taylor
   |first=J.R.
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   |last3=Van Howe
   |first3=R.S.
-  |author3-link=
+  |author3-link=Robert S. Van Howe
   |title=Immunological functions of the human prepuce
   |journal=Sex Trans Infect