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}}</ref> During the thrusting of sexual congress, the gliding action reduces abrasions and irritation in the female partner and avoids problems with vaginal dryness.<ref name="warren-bigelow1994"/><ref name="morgan1965"/> | }}</ref> During the thrusting of sexual congress, the gliding action reduces abrasions and irritation in the female partner and avoids problems with vaginal dryness.<ref name="warren-bigelow1994"/><ref name="morgan1965"/> | ||
==Sensory functions== | |||
Nature designed the foreskin to be an erogenous sensory organ. The foreskin has a layer of muscle called the [[dartos]] muscle sheath that provides the foreskin with elasticity, flexibility, and stretchiness. There is a mucocutaneous region at the tip of the foreskin where outer skin changes to inner mucosa. Winklemann (1959) identified the foreskin as a specific erogenous region (meaning a region of acute erogenous sensation). Winklemann reported rete ridges in the foreskin with nerves set close to the surface.<ref name="winkelmann1959">{{REFjournal | |||
|last=Winklemann | |||
|first=RK | |||
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|title=The erogenous zones: their nerve supply and significance | |||
|journal=Mayo Clin Proc | |||
|date=1959-01-21 | |||
|volume=39 | |||
|issue=2 | |||
|pages=39-47 | |||
|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/anatomy/winkelmann/ | |||
|pubmedID=13645790 | |||
|accessdate=2019-10-16 | |||
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