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==Description==
Meissner's corpuscles are encapsulated, unmyelinated nerve endings, surrounded by Schwann cells. The encapsulation consists of flattened supportive cells arranged as horizontal lamellae surrounded by a connective tissue capsule. They are found in abundance in the human [[foreskin]].<ref name="meissner2011winkleman1956">{{REFweb |url=http://www.anatomybox.com/meissners-corpuscles/ |title=Meissner’s CorpusclesREFjournal |last=Winkelmann
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|init=RK |author-link= |etal=no |title=The cutaneous innervation of human newborn prepuce |trans-title= |language= |journal=J Invest Dermatol |location= |date=20111956-0401 |volume=26 |issue=1 |article= |page= |pages=53-67 |url=https://www.jidonline.org/article/S0022-04202X(15)48804-9/pdf |archived= |quote= |pubmedID=13295637 |pubmedCID= |DOI=10.1038/jid.1956.5 |doi= |format=PDF |accessdate=20202023-1007-2512}}</ref> The encapsulation consists of flattened supportive cells arranged as horizontal lamellae surrounded by a connective tissue capsule. They are found in abundance in the human [[foreskin]].<ref name="garcía-mesa2021">{{REFjournal
|last=García-Mesa
|first=Yolanda
Winkelmann (1959) identified the [[Foreskin| prepuce]] and the [[glans penis]] (where Meissner's corpuscles are found) as ''specific erogenous zones''.<ref name="winklemann1959">{{WinkelmannRK 1959}}</ref>
Sorrells et al. (2007) used a Semmes-Weinstein monofilament touch-test to map the fine-touch pressure thresholds of the [[penis]]. The areas most sensitive to fine-touch were the tip of the [[foreskin]] the mucocutaneous junction, the [[ridged band]], and the [[frenulum]]. These areas correspond to the location of Meissner's corpuscles. (These areas are not found on the [[circumcised ]] [[penis]].)<ref name="sorrells2007">{{Sorrells etal 2007}}</ref>
Most [[intact]] men note that movement of the [[foreskin]] produces a pleasurable sensation.<ref name="garcía-mesa2021" /><ref name="berkeley1993">{{REFbook
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* {{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/what-do-the-eyelids-lips-fingertips-the-intact-penis-have-in-common/
|title=What Do The Eyelids, Lips, Fingertips & The Intact Penis Have in Common?
|last=Anonymous
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|publisher=Intact America
|date=2024-02-17
|accessdate=2024-02-18
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