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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,<ref name="deibart1933">{{REFjournal
Baby boys are born with the inner surface of their [[foreskin]] fused with the underlying [[glans penis]] by a [[synechia]] named the balano-preputial lamina,<ref name="deibart1933">{{REFjournal
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Fusion of the foreskin in boys is normal, natural, healthy, and does not indicate need for treatment. It is erroneous to mischaracterize fusion as an adhesion.
Fusion of the foreskin in boys is normal, natural, healthy, and does not indicate need for treatment. It is erroneous to mischaracterize fusion as an adhesion.
==Adhesion==
==Adhesion==