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|last=Ohmori
|first=D.
|title=Über die Entwicklung der Innervation der Genitalapparate als peripheren Aufnahmeapperat der Genitalen genitalen Reflexe
|trans-title=About development of the innervation of the genital apparatuses as a peripheral recording device of the genital reflexes
|language=German
|journal=Zeitschrift fur für Anatomie und Entwicklungsgeschichte
|volume=70
|issue=1
|date=1924
|accessdate=
}}</ref><ref>{{REFjournal |last=Yamada |first=K. |title=Studies in the innervation in tenth month human embryo. |journal=Tohoku J Exper Med |year=1951: |volume=54: |page=151. }}</ref><ref>{{REFjournal |last=Yamada |first=K. |title=On the sensory nerve terminations in clitoris in human adult. |journal=Tohoku J Exper Med |year=1951; |volume=54: |pages=163- 74174.</ref><ref name="CutaneousInnervation">{{REFjournal
|last=Winkelmann
|first=R.K.
== Nerve types ==
The two primary sensory receptors in primate skin are free nerve endings and encapsulated or corpuscular receptors. While free nerve endings (pain, itch, and temperature receptors) are found in most skin, the encapsulated receptors are concentrated in regions that require specialised touch sensitivity, such as at the fingertips, lips, external genitalia, perianal skin, and transition areas between skin and mucous membranes.<ref>{{REFbook |last=Stenn KS, |first=K.S. |last2=Bhawan |first2=J. |chapter=The normal histology of the skin |editors=Farmer E. in: Farmer ERR. / Hood AFA. edsF. |title=Pathology of the Skin. |location=Norwalk, CT: |publisher=Appleton and Lange. |year=1990.}}</ref>
The Innervation of the foreskin is impressive <ref>{{REFjournal |last=Moldwin RM, |first=R.M. |last2=Valderrama |first2=E. |title=Immunohistochemical analysis of nerve distribution patterns within preputial tissues. |journal=J Urol |date=1989 Apr;-04 |volume=141( |issue=4): |page=499A. (abstract)}}</ref> The foreskin is what's known as a specific erogenous zone.<ref name="ErogenousZones"/> This means that it is richly equipped with a high density and concentration of specialized and sophisticated nerve receptors that convey pleasure.The presence of specialized nerves, nerves that do no not exist elsewhere, make this part of the penis especially important. Consequently, this has been studied in detail by respected anatomists for over a century, who have transformed their knowledge by detailed empirical observation of the nerves that are present in the foreskin.
As the most richly innervated part of the penis, the foreskin has the largest number of nerve receptors, as well as the greatest variety of nerve receptors. These specialized nerve endings include:
* Pacinian corpuscles,<ref name="Ohmori"/>
* genital and bulbs <ref>{{REFjournal |last=Halata |first=Z, . |last2=Munger BL |first2=B. L. |title=The neuroanatomical basis for the protopathic sensibility og the human glans penis. |journal=Brain Res |date=1986 Apr23;-04-23 |volume=371( |issue=2): |pages=205-30.230}}</ref>
* Genital bodies,<ref name="Ohmori"/>
[[Image:Meissner's corpuscle.jpg|right|thumb|Meissner's corpuscle.]]
Distributed on various areas of the skin, but concentrated in areas especially sensitive to light touch, such as the fingers, lips, nipples and foreskin.<ref>{{REFjournal |last=Cauna, |first=Nikolajs, and |first2=Leonard L. |last2=Ross. " |title=The fine structure of meissner's touch corpuscles of human fingers." |journal=Journal of Cell Biology. |volume=8. |issue=2 ( |date=1960): |pages=467-82. Print. 482 |DOI: =10.1083/jcb.8.2.467}}</ref><ref>{{REFjournal |last=Hoffmann et al. " |etal=yes |title=Meissner corpuscles and somatosensory acuity." |journal=Anat Rec A Discov Mol Cell Evol Biol ( |date=2004): |pages=1138-47. Web.1147}}</ref><ref>{{REFjournal |last=Bongiorno et al. " |etal=yes |title=Neurofibromatosis of the nipple-areolar area: a case series." |journal=Journal of Medical Case Reports |volume=4. |issue=22 ( |date=2010): n. pag. Web. -12-27 Dec 2010. |DOI: =10.1186/1752-1947-4-22}}</ref><ref> Martini and Bartholomew. Essentials of Anatomy and Physiology. 3. Pearson Benjamin Cummings, 2010. Print.</ref><ref>Afifi and Bergman. Functional neuroanatomy: text and atlas. McGraw-Hill Professional, 1998. 16. Print. ISBN 0070015899</ref> They are concentrated in areas of the body denoted as erogenous zones, which include the foreskin, clitoris, lip and nipple.<ref name="ErogenousZones"/> J.R. Taylor (1996) noted their presence in the foreskin,<ref name="Mucosa"/> and C.J. Cold & Taylor (1999) reported "Most of the encapsulated receptors of the foreskin are Meissner corpuscles, as they contact the epithelial basement membrane."<ref>{{REFjournal |first=C.J. |last=Cold and |first2=J.R. |last2=Taylor. " |title=The prepuce." |journal=British Journal of Urology International. |volume=83. ( |date=1999): |pages=34-44. Print [ |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10349413?dopt=Abstract PMID |pubmedID=10349413]}}</ref> Early observations were noted by A. S. Dogiel (1893),<ref name="Nervenendigungen"/> D. Ohmori (1924),<ref name="Ohmori"/> and H. C. Bazett (1935),<ref>Bazett, H.C. "Methods of investigation of sensation in man and the theoretical value of the results obtained." Proc. A. Research Nerv. & Ment. Dis. 15. (1935): 83-97. Print.</ref> reported the presence of Meissner's corpuscles in the foreskin. Haiyang ''et al.'' (2005) found and measured the density of Meissner's corpuscles on the foreskin.<ref>Haiyang et al. "Observation of Meissner's corpuscle in abundant prepuce and phimosis." Journal of Modern Urology (2005): n. pag. Web.</ref> Dong ''et al.'' (2007) reported that the quantity of Meissner's corpuscles on the fused smooth mucosa of the foreskin decline with age, but not on the ridged band.<ref>Dong et al. "Observation of Meissner's corpuscle on fused phimosis." Journal of Guangdong Medical College 2007: n. pag. Web. ISSN:1005-4057.0.2007-01-004</ref>
== Ridged Band ==