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Male circumcision frequently includes excision of the [[frenulum]], which carries the frenular artery. The frenular artery supplies arterial blood to to the [[glans penis]], so the | Male circumcision frequently includes excision of the [[frenulum]], which carries the frenular artery.<ref>{{REFjournal | ||
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|title=Frenulum Sparing Circumcision: Step-By-Step Approach of a Novel Technique | |||
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|journal=J Clin Diagn Res. | |||
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|date=2015-12 | |||
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|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4717729/ | |||
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|DOI=10.7860/JCDR/2015/14972.6860 | |||
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}}</ref> The frenular artery supplies arterial blood to to the [[glans penis]], so the excision of the frenulum reduces the supply of arterial blood to the glans penis. | |||
Circumcision also disrupts the return flow of blood to the heart. Veins in the prepuce provide "at least part of the drainage of the glans surface."<ref name="mcgrath2001">{{REFbook | Circumcision also disrupts the return flow of blood to the heart. Veins in the prepuce provide "at least part of the drainage of the glans surface."<ref name="mcgrath2001">{{REFbook | ||