Development of retractable foreskin: Difference between revisions

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[[Image:Side by side retraction.png|right|thumb|A human [[penis]] before and after retraction of the [[foreskin]].]]

Infant boys are born with a non-retractable [[foreskin]].<ref>{{REFjournal

Infant boys are born with a non-retractable [[foreskin]].<ref name="agarwal2005">{{REFjournal

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}}</ref> The '''development of retractable foreskin''' occurs gradually over a widely-variable number of years.

In the majority of adult men, the [[foreskin]] normally retracts to reveal the [[glans penis| head of the penis]]. In newborns, it is normal for the foreskin to be fused to the head of the penis by the [[synechia]], thus rendering it non-retractable. The [[preputial sac]] is sealed by the [[synechia]].<ref name="fleiss-hodges-vanhowe1998">{{TaylorJR LockwoodAP TaylorAJ 1996}}</ref> The [[foreskin]] usually separates from the glans and becomes retractable with increasing age. There is much uncertainty among health care workers about when the foreskin of a boy should become retractable.<ref>{{REFjournal

In the majority of adult men, the [[foreskin]] normally retracts to reveal the [[glans penis| head of the penis]]. In newborns, it is normal for the foreskin to be fused to the head of the penis by the [[synechia]], thus rendering it non-retractable.<ref name="agarwal2005" /> The [[preputial sac]] is sealed by the [[synechia]].<ref name="fleiss-hodges-vanhowe1998">{{TaylorJR LockwoodAP TaylorAJ 1996}}</ref> The [[foreskin]] usually separates from the glans and becomes retractable with increasing age.<ref name="agarwal2005" /> There is much uncertainty among health care workers about when the foreskin of a boy should become retractable.<ref>{{REFjournal

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 [[Image:Side by side retraction.png|right|thumb|A human [[penis]] before and after retraction of the [[foreskin]].]]
-Infant boys are born with a non-retractable [[foreskin]].<ref>{{REFjournal
+Infant boys are born with a non-retractable [[foreskin]].<ref name="agarwal2005">{{REFjournal
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 }}</ref> The '''development of retractable foreskin''' occurs gradually over a widely-variable number of years.
-In the majority of adult men, the [[foreskin]] normally retracts to reveal the [[glans penis| head of the penis]]. In newborns, it is normal for the foreskin to be fused to the head of the penis by the [[synechia]], thus rendering it non-retractable. The [[preputial sac]] is sealed by the [[synechia]].<ref name="fleiss-hodges-vanhowe1998">{{TaylorJR LockwoodAP TaylorAJ 1996}}</ref> The [[foreskin]] usually separates from the glans and becomes retractable with increasing age. There is much uncertainty among health care workers about when the foreskin of a boy should become retractable.<ref>{{REFjournal
+In the majority of adult men, the [[foreskin]] normally retracts to reveal the [[glans penis| head of the penis]]. In newborns, it is normal for the foreskin to be fused to the head of the penis by the [[synechia]], thus rendering it non-retractable.<ref name="agarwal2005" /> The [[preputial sac]] is sealed by the [[synechia]].<ref name="fleiss-hodges-vanhowe1998">{{TaylorJR LockwoodAP TaylorAJ 1996}}</ref> The [[foreskin]] usually separates from the glans and becomes retractable with increasing age.<ref name="agarwal2005" /> There is much uncertainty among health care workers about when the foreskin of a boy should become retractable.<ref>{{REFjournal
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