Preputial sac
Preputial sac is the term applied to the space between the prepuce and the glans penis.[1] The preputial sac may also be called the sub-preputial space.
The preputial sac is lined with mucosa as is appropriate for an internal organ.[2]
Parkash et al. (1973) reported that epithelial debris accumulates in the preputial sac and forms smegma.[3], a natural, normal, benign, healthy, and beneficial product of the body, which will collect in the preputial sac.
Parkash et al. (1982) studied the wetness to learn its source. The authors concluded "that the space is kept moist and also clean in those with preputial stenosis, by the secretions of the prostate, supplemented by the seminal secretion of the mucin content of the secretion of the urethral glands."[4] The authors further reported that the wetness is rich in lytic material.[4] Lytic material causes lysis or a breakdown of cell walls.[5] Wetness is associated with having a longer prepuce.[6] Moistness also may be maintained by transudation.[2]
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.[7]
References
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- ↑ Parkash S, Jayakumar S, Subramanyan K, Chaudhuri S. Human subpreputial collection: its nature and formation.. J. Urol.. August 1973; 110(2): 111-2. PMID. DOI. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
- ↑ a b Parkash S, Raghuram R, Venkatesan K, Ramakrishnan S. Sub-preputial wetness - Its nature. Ann Nat Med Sci (India). July 1982; 16(3): 109-12. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
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Lytic
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