Immunological and protective function of the foreskin: Difference between revisions
WikiModEn2 (talk | contribs) m Adjust paragraph |
WikiModEn2 (talk | contribs) m Wikify foreskin. |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
Although it was once claimed that the human foreskin was filthy and harbored disease and infection, in reality the opposite is true. The foreskin is designed by nature to be self cleaning and to provide significant natural immunological protection against all types of infection. | Although it was once claimed that the human foreskin was filthy and harbored disease and infection, in reality the opposite is true. The [[foreskin]] is designed by nature to be self cleaning and to provide significant natural immunological protection against all types of infection. | ||
== The protective and hygienic function of the foreskin == | == The protective and hygienic function of the foreskin == | ||
The | The foreskin, like the eyelid, also serves an important protective and hygienic function. The foreskin protects the delicate glans of the [[penis]] and puts the urethra at a distance form its environment, protecting it from foreign contaminants of all kinds while simultaneously shielding the penis from injury. It is a double fold of skin which offers two layers of protection. | ||
Natural secretions of oil are achieved by sebaceous glands which are abound in the foreskin's inner lining, these are not present in the [[glans penis]].<ref name="hyman-brownstein1969">{{REFjournal | Natural secretions of oil are achieved by sebaceous glands which are abound in the foreskin's inner lining, these are not present in the [[glans penis]].<ref name="hyman-brownstein1969">{{REFjournal | ||