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The '''dartos fascia''' or simply '''dartos''' is a layer of connective tissue found in the [[penile shaft]], [[foreskin]], and [[scrotum]].<ref name=Campbell10>{{~~vcite book~~ |

The '''dartos fascia''' or simply '''dartos''' is a layer of connective tissue found in the [[penile shaft]], [[foreskin]], and [[scrotum]].<ref name=Campbell10>{{REFbook

~~author~~=Campbell | ~~chapter~~= | editor=Alan J. Wein~~, editor~~ | ~~title~~=~~Campbell-Walsh Urology~~ | publisher=~~Philadelphia:~~ Elsevier Saunders ~~| date=~~ | isbn=978-1-4160-6911-9 | ~~pages~~= }}</ref> The penile portion is referred to as the '''superficial fascia of penis''' or the '''subcutaneous tissue of penis''',<ref>[http://www.unifr.ch/ifaa/Public/EntryPage/TA98%20Tree/Entity%20TA98%20EN/09.4.01.027%20Entity%20TA98%20EN.htm Terminologica Anatomica 98]</ref> while the scrotal part is the dartos proper. In addition to being continuous with itself between the scrotum and the penis, it is also continuous with [[Colles fascia]] of the perineum and [[Scarpa's fascia]] of the abdomen.<ref name=Campbell10 />

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}}</ref> The penile portion is referred to as the '''superficial fascia of penis''' or the '''subcutaneous tissue of penis''',<ref>[http://www.unifr.ch/ifaa/Public/EntryPage/TA98%20Tree/Entity%20TA98%20EN/09.4.01.027%20Entity%20TA98%20EN.htm Terminologica Anatomica 98]</ref> while the scrotal part is the dartos proper. In addition to being continuous with itself between the scrotum and the penis, it is also continuous with [[Colles fascia]] of the perineum and [[Scarpa's fascia]] of the abdomen.<ref name=Campbell10 />

It lies just below the skin, which places it just superficial to the external spermatic fascia in the scrotum and to [[Buck's fascia]] in the penile shaft.

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-The '''dartos fascia''' or simply '''dartos''' is a layer of connective tissue found in the [[penile shaft]], [[foreskin]], and [[scrotum]].<ref name=Campbell10>{{vcite book |
+The '''dartos fascia''' or simply '''dartos''' is a layer of connective tissue found in the [[penile shaft]], [[foreskin]], and [[scrotum]].<ref name=Campbell10>{{REFbook
-author=Campbell | chapter= | editor=Alan J. Wein, editor | title=Campbell-Walsh Urology | publisher=Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders | date= | isbn=978-1-4160-6911-9 | pages= }}</ref> The penile portion is referred to as the '''superficial fascia of penis''' or the '''subcutaneous tissue of penis''',<ref>[http://www.unifr.ch/ifaa/Public/EntryPage/TA98%20Tree/Entity%20TA98%20EN/09.4.01.027%20Entity%20TA98%20EN.htm Terminologica Anatomica 98]</ref> while the scrotal part is the dartos proper. In addition to being continuous with itself between the scrotum and the penis, it is also continuous with [[Colles fascia]] of the perineum and [[Scarpa's fascia]] of the abdomen.<ref name=Campbell10 />
+ |last=Campbell
+ |first=
+ |year=
+ |title=Campbell-Walsh Urology
+ |url=
+ |work=
+ |editor=Alan J. Wein
+ |edition=
+ |volume=
+ |chapter=
+ |pages=
+ |location=Philadelphia
+ |publisher=Elsevier Saunders
+ |isbn=978-1-4160-6911-9
+ |quote=
+ |accessdate=
+ |note=
+}}</ref> The penile portion is referred to as the '''superficial fascia of penis''' or the '''subcutaneous tissue of penis''',<ref>[http://www.unifr.ch/ifaa/Public/EntryPage/TA98%20Tree/Entity%20TA98%20EN/09.4.01.027%20Entity%20TA98%20EN.htm Terminologica Anatomica 98]</ref> while the scrotal part is the dartos proper. In addition to being continuous with itself between the scrotum and the penis, it is also continuous with [[Colles fascia]] of the perineum and [[Scarpa's fascia]] of the abdomen.<ref name=Campbell10 />
 It lies just below the skin, which places it just superficial to the external spermatic fascia in the scrotum and to [[Buck's fascia]] in the penile shaft.