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Cold & Taylor (1999) describe the innervation of the prepuce as follows:
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Although the sensory and autonomic innervation of the penis and [[clitoris ]] are similar, there is a remarkable difference in their encapsulated somatosensory receptors. Sensory receptors can be classified as mechanoreceptors, e.g. Meissner’s corpuscles, Vater-Pacinian corpuscles and Merkel cells; and nocioceptors (free nerve endings). A multitude of names have
been used to describe these encapsulated receptors, e.g. Krause, Dogiel, genital corpuscles, Endkalpsen and muco-cutaneous end-organs, but the term corpuscular (encapsulated) receptors will be used here to include all of these mechanoreceptors. Most of the encapsulated receptors of the prepuce are Meissner corpuscles, as they contact the epithelial basement membrane.<ref name="cold-taylor1999">{{ColdCJ TaylorJR 1999}}</ref>
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