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The dartos fascia keeps the foreskin close to the glans penis throughout life.<ref>{{REFjournal
The dartos fascia keeps the foreskin close to the glans penis throughout life.<ref>{{REFjournal
  | last=Lakshmanan
  |last=Lakshmanan
  | first=S
  |first=S.
  | coauthors=Prakash S
  |last2=Prakash
  | title=Human prepuce: some aspects of structure and function
|first2=S.
  | journal=Indian J Surg
  |title=Human prepuce: some aspects of structure and function
  | date=1980
  |journal=Indian J Surg
  | volume=44
  |date=1980
  | issue=
  |volume=44
  | pages=134-7
  |issue=
  | url=http://www.cirp.org/library/anatomy/lakshmanan/
  |pages=134-7
  | quote=The normal tone of the muscle arranged in this fashion and supplemented by elastic tissue offers a legitimate explanation for the close fit of the prepuce through the ages.  
  |url=http://www.cirp.org/library/anatomy/lakshmanan/
  | pubmedID=
  |quote=The normal tone of the muscle arranged in this fashion and supplemented by elastic tissue offers a legitimate explanation for the close fit of the prepuce through the ages.  
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  | DOI=
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  | accessdate=2019-09-29
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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
}}</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=P.M.
  | coauthors=Hodges FM, Van Howe RS
  |last2=Hodges
  | title=Immunological functions of the human prepuce
|first2=F,M,
  | journal=Sex Trans Inf  
|last3=Van Howe
  | date=1998-10
|first3=R..S.
  | volume=74
  |title=Immunological functions of the human prepuce
  | issue=5
  |journal=Sex Trans Inf  
  | pages=364-7
  |date=1998-10
  | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1758142/pdf/v074p00364.pdf
  |volume=74
  | quote="The sphincter action of the preputial orifice functions  like  a  one  way  valve,  blocking  the entry  of  contaminants  while  allowing the passage  of  urine."
  |issue=5
  | pubmedID=10195034
  |pages=364-7
  | pubmedCID=
  |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1758142/pdf/v074p00364.pdf
  | DOI=
  |quote="The sphincter action of the preputial orifice functions  like  a  one  way  valve,  blocking  the entry  of  contaminants  while  allowing the passage  of  urine."
  | accessdate=2019-10-01
  |pubmedID=10195034
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  |DOI=
  |accessdate=2019-10-01
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