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=== Protective functions === | === Protective functions === | ||
The foreskin provides physical protection to the glans penis and inner mucosa, supplying moisture and natural oils by [[transudation]], protecting the mucosal tissue from pathogens, pollutants, friction, injury, and drying out. The foreskin protects the glans penis and meatus of infant boys from abrasion and irritation from ammoniacal diapers.<ref name="gairdner1949">{{REFjournal | The foreskin provides physical protection to the [[glans penis]] and inner mucosa, supplying moisture and natural oils by [[transudation]], protecting the mucosal tissue from pathogens, pollutants, friction, injury, and drying out. The foreskin protects the glans penis and meatus of infant boys from abrasion and irritation from ammoniacal diapers.<ref name="gairdner1949">{{REFjournal | ||
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|title=Cultural background, non-therapeutic circumcision and the risk of meatal stenosis and other urethral stricture | |title=Cultural background, non-therapeutic circumcision and the risk of meatal stenosis and other urethral stricture disease: Two nationwide register-based cohort studies in Denmark 1977-2013 | ||
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}}</ref> Frisch & Simonsen (2016) reported the incidence of meatal stenosis to be 3.7 times higher in circumcised boys.<ref name="frisch2016"/> | }}</ref> Frisch & Simonsen (2016) reported the incidence of meatal stenosis to be 3.7 times higher in circumcised boys.<ref name="frisch2016"/> | ||
The foreskin continues to protect the glans penis throughout life, keeping it smooth, glossy, moist, sensitive, and free from [[keratinization]]. | |||
=== Immunological functions === | === Immunological functions === | ||