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== Innervation == | == Innervation == | ||
The penis — the organ of copulation — is heavily innervated with afferent nerves — meaning that sensation is transmitted to the spinal cord and/or central nervous system,<ref>{{REFweb | |||
|url=https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/afferent | |||
|title=Afferent | |||
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|publisher=The Free Dictionary by Farlex | |||
|date=2003 | |||
|accessdate=2023-11-24 | |||
}}</ref> which is needed for male sexual function.<ref name="cepeda2023">{{REFjournal | |||
|last=Cepeda-Emiliani | |||
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|author-link=Alfonso Cepeda-Emiliani | |||
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|title=Immunohistological study of the density and distribution of human penile neural tissue: gradient hypothesis | |||
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|journal= Int J Impot Res | |||
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|date=2023-05-02 | |||
|volume=35 | |||
|issue=3 | |||
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|pages=286-305 | |||
|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/s41443-022-00561-9 | |||
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|DOI=10.1038/s41443-022-00561-9 | |||
|accessdate=2023-11-21 | |||
}}</ref> | |||
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