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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, [[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
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">{{:GairdnerDM1949}}</ref> <ref name="dobanavacki2012">{{REFjournal
|last=Gairdner
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|author-link=Douglas Gairdner
|title=The fate of the foreskin: a study of circumcision.
|journal=Brit Med J
|date=1949-12-24
|volume=2
|issue=
|pages=1433-7
|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2051968/pdf/brmedj03656-0009.pdf
|quote=
|pubmedID=15408299
|pubmedCID=2051968
|DOI=10.1136/bmj.2.4642.1433
|accessdate=2019-10-14
}}</ref> <ref name="dobanavacki2012">{{REFjournal
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