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=== Protective functions === | === Protective functions === | ||
The foreskin provides physical protection to the [[glans penis]] and inner mucosa, supplying moisture and natural oils by [[transudation]], protecting the mucosal tissue from pathogens, pollutants, friction, injury, and drying out. The foreskin protects the glans penis and meatus of infant boys from abrasion and irritation from ammoniacal diapers.<ref name="gairdner1949">{{REFjournal | The foreskin provides physical protection to the [[glans penis]] and inner mucosa, supplying moisture and natural oils by [[transudation]], protecting the mucosal tissue from pathogens, pollutants, friction, injury, [[keratinization]], and drying out. The foreskin protects the glans penis and meatus of infant boys from abrasion and irritation from ammoniacal diapers.<ref name="gairdner1949">{{REFjournal | ||
|last=Gairdner | |last=Gairdner | ||
|first=D. | |first=D. | ||