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The '''attachment of the foreskin''' to the [[penis]] may occur in three different ways that tend to be confusing. They are ''fusion'', ''adhesion'', and the ''frenulum''. | The '''attachment of the foreskin''' to the [[penis]] may occur in three different ways that tend to be confusing. They are ''fusion'', ''adhesion'', and the ''frenulum''. | ||
== Fusion == | == Fusion == | ||
Baby boys are born with the inner surface of their [[foreskin]] fused with the underlying [[glans penis]] by the balano-preputial lamina, which is a thin sheet of connective tissue. The balano-preputial lamina seals the [[preputial sac]] and prevents [[infection]]. It spontaneously breaks down over a widely-variable span of years and releases the foreskin from the glans penis. | Baby boys are born with the inner surface of their [[foreskin]] fused with the underlying [[glans penis]] by the balano-preputial lamina,<ref name="deibart1933">{{REFjournal | ||
|last=Deibart | |||
|init=GA | |||
|title=The separation of the prepuce in the human penis | |||
|journal=Anat Rec | |||
|date=1933 | |||
|volume=57 | |||
|issue= | |||
|pages=387-99 | |||
|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/anatomy/deibert/ | |||
|quote= | |||
|DOI=https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.1090570409 | |||
|accessdate=2023-05-09 | |||
}}</ref> which is a thin sheet of connective tissue. The balano-preputial lamina seals the [[preputial sac]] and prevents [[infection]]. It spontaneously breaks down over a widely-variable span of years and releases the foreskin from the glans penis. | |||
{{REF}} | |||