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The dartos muscle works in conjunction with the cremaster muscle to elevate the testis but should not be confused with the cremasteric reflex. | The dartos muscle works in conjunction with the cremaster muscle to elevate the testis but should not be confused with the cremasteric reflex. | ||
The dartos fascia keeps the foreskin close to the glans penis throughout life. In infancy, the dartos fascia operates as a one-way check valve at the tip of the foreskin, allowing urine to pass out, but prohibiting the entry of foreign matter and pathogens.<ref>{{REFjournal | The dartos fascia keeps the foreskin close to the glans penis throughout life.<ref>{{REFjournal | ||
| last=Lakshmanan | |||
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| coauthors=Prakash S | |||
| title=Human prepuce: some aspects of structure and function | |||
| journal=Indian J Surg | |||
| date=1980 | |||
| volume=44 | |||
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| pages=134-7 | |||
| url=http://www.cirp.org/library/anatomy/lakshmanan/ | |||
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}}</ref> In infancy, the dartos fascia operates as a one-way check valve at the tip of the foreskin, allowing urine to pass out, but prohibiting the entry of foreign matter and pathogens.<ref>{{REFjournal | |||
| last=Fleiss | | last=Fleiss | ||
| first=PM | | first=PM | ||