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}}</ref> Moistness also may be maintained by [[transudation]].<ref name="cold-taylor1999" /> | }}</ref> Moistness also may be maintained by [[transudation]].<ref name="cold-taylor1999" /> | ||
Lakshmanan & Parkash (1980) described the muscle fibers in the prepuce (known as the [[dartos]], which contract to keep the prepuce snugly close to the glans penis. The muscle fibers form a whorl at the tip to keep the tip of the foreskin and the preputial sac closed against the outside world and contamination.<ref>{{REFjournal | |||
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|title=Human prepuce: some aspects of structure and function | |||
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|journal=Indian J Surg | |||
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