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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 REFbook |last=Campbell |first= |year=author |title=Campbell -Walsh Urology |url= | chapterwork= | editor=Alan J. Wein, editor |edition= |volume= |chapter= |pages= | titlelocation=Campbell-Walsh Urology Philadelphia | publisher=Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders | date= | isbn=978-1-4160-6911-9 |quote= | pagesaccessdate= |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.
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