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=== Further reading ===
=== Videos ======= Functions of The Foreskin - Part 1 ====
==== Functions of The Foreskin - Part 2 ====
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The male and female prepuce has persisted in all primates, which strongly supports the contention that the [[prepuce]] is valuable genital sensory tissue. The corpora cavernosa and the prepuce are the only two universally common characteristics of the primate penis.<ref name="cold-mcgrath"/><ref name="macaca"/> While the human [[glans penis]] is protopathic, the [[prepuce]] contains a high concentration of touch receptors in the [[Ridged band|ridged band]].<ref name="cold-mcgrath"/>
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<youtube>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9DoCn3gATE</youtube>
<youtube>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ps1dkbcOKfA</youtube>
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Foreskin sensitivity]]
* [[Penis]]
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