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}}</ref> The [[frenulum]] of the [[penis]], often known simply as the frenulum (from Latin: frēnulum, lit. 'little bridle'), is a thin elastic strip of tissue on the underside (ventral side) of the glans and the neck of the human penis. In men who are not [[circumcised]], it also connects the [[foreskin]] to the [[glans]] and the ventral [[mucosa]].
The frenulum has several important functions. The [[frenular artery]], which supplies blood to the [[glans penis]], passes through the frenulum. The frenulum is erogenous tissue. The frenulum serves to limit retraction of the [[foreskin]].The frenulum is erogenous tissue important for penile erection.<ref>{{REFjournal |last=Song |first= |init=B |author-link= |last2=Cai |first2= |init2=C-M |author2-link= |etal=no |title=Possible function of the frenulum of prepuce in penile erection |trans-title= |language= |journal=Andrologia |location= |date=2012-12 |volume=44 |issue=1 |pages=23-5 |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1439-0272.2010.01099.x |archived= |quote= |pubmedID=22126255 |pubmedCID= |DOI=10.1111/j.1439-0272.2010.01099.x |accessdate=2023-05-10}}</ref>
The frenulum may look somewhat like an adhesion, however it is a normal, natural part of the penis, which is normal and supposed to be there.