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Protective functions
==Protective functions==
The foreskin provides physical protectionto the glans penis and inner mucosa. The foreskin protects the glans penis and meatus from abrasion and irritation from ammoniacal diapers.<ref name="gairdner1949">{{REFjournal
|last=Gairdner
|first=D
|DOI=10.2298/MPNS1208295D
|accessdate=2019-10-14
}}</ref>  In the absence of the foreskin about ten to twenty percent of boys suffer urethral stricture (meatal stenosis) requiring further treatment.<ref name="frisch2016">{{REFjournal
|last=Frisch
|first=M
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