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{{GraphicWarning}}The '''frenulum of the foreskin''', often known simply as the '''frenulum''', is an elastic band of tissue under the [[glans penis]] that connects the [[foreskin]] (prepuce) to the vernal [[mucosa]], and helps contract the foreskin over the glans.<bigref name="Jensen">Template{{REFbook |last=Jensen |first=Christian |init=C |year=2011 |title=Can I Just Ask? |url=https:Construction Site//www.goodreads.com/book/show/9938850-can-i-just-askTemplate:Construction Site |work= |editor= |edition= |volume= |chapter= |page=58 |location= |publisher=Hay House |isbn=9781848502468 |quote= |accessdate= |note=h</big><big>Big text}}</bigref>'''The frenular artery passes through the frenulum.

This article ==Sensation and stimulation==The frenulum and the associated tissue delta on the underside of the [[penis]] below the corona has been described in sexuality textbooks as "very reactive" and "particularly responsive to touch that is work in progress light and not yet soft". The "underside of the shaft of the penis, meaning the part below the corona" is a "source of distinct pleasure".<ref name="hass1993">{{REFbook |last=Hass |first=K. |init=K |author-link= |last2=Hass |first2=A. |init2=A |author2-link= |year=1993 |title=Understanding Sexuality |url=https://books.google.com/?id=snhqAAAAMAAJ&dq=Understanding+Sexuality.&q=frenulum#search_anchor |work= |editor= |edition= |volume= |chapter= |pages=99–100 |location=St. Louis |publisher=Mosby |isbn=0801667488 |quote= |accessdate=2019-10-01 |note=}}</ref> Crooks and Baur (1993) observe that two extremely sensitive specific locations that many men find particularly responsive to stimulation are the free encyclopedia IntactiWikicorona, and the frenulum.<ref name="crooks1993">{{REFbook |last=Crooks |first=R. |init=R |last2=Baur |first2=K. |init2=K |year=1993 |title=Our Sexuality |url= |work= |editor= |edition=5 |volume= |chapter= |page=129 |location=Redwood City |publisher=Benjamin/Cummings |isbn=0-534-59567-7 |quote= |accessdate= |note=}}</ref> Repeated stimulation of this structure will cause orgasm and ejaculation in some men.

In men with spinal cord injury preventing sensations from reaching the brain, the frenulum just below the glans can be stimulated to produce orgasm and peri-ejaculatory response.<ref name="Saulino">{{REFjournal |last=Saulino |first=Michael F. |init=MF |title=Rehabilitation of Persons With Spinal Cord Injuries |journal=WebMD |date=2006 |volume= |issue= |pages= |url=https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1265209-overview |quote= |pubmedID= |pubmedCID= |DOI= |accessdate=2019-10-01}}</ref><ref name="Pryor">{{REFjournal |last=Pryor |init=JL |last2=Leroy |first2=Suzanne C. |init2=SC |last3=Nagel |first3=Theodore C. |init3=TC |last4=Hensleigh |first4=Hugh C. |init4=HC |title=Vibratory stimulation for treatment of anejaculation in quadriplegic men |journal=Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation |date=1995 |volume=76 |issue=1 |pages=59-64 |url= |quote= |pubmedID=7811177 |pubmedCID= |DOI=10.1016/S0003-9993(95)80044-1 |accessdate=}}</ref><ref name="Gary2000">{{REFjournal |last=Preiser |first=Gary |init=G |last2=Herschel |init2=M |last3=Bartman |init3=T |last4=Andersson |init4=C |last5=Bailis |init5=SA |last6=Shechet |init6=RJ |last7=Tanenbaum |init7=B |last8=Kunin |init8=SA |last9=Hodges |init9=FM |last10=Fleiss |init10=PM |last11=Antonopoulos |init11=J |last12=Rockney |init12=R |last13=Taylor |init14=A |last15=Stang |init15=H |last16=Snellman |init16=L |last17=Fontaine |init17=P |last18=Condon |init18=LM |last19=Lannon |init19=CM |etal=yes |title=Circumcision—The Debates Goes On |journal=Pediatrics |date=2000 |volume=105 |issue=3 Pt 1 |pages=681-684 |url= |quote= |pubmedID=10733391 |pubmedCID= |DOI=10.1542/peds.105.3.681 |accessdate=}}</ref>

The '''frenulum of the foreskin''', often known simply as the '''frenulum''', is an elastic band of tissue under the ==Pathology==[[glans penisFrenulum breve]] that connects is a condition in which the [[foreskinfrenulum]] (prepuce) to the vernal mucosa, is short and helps contract restricts the foreskin over the glans.<ref>{{cite book|last=Jensen|first=Christian|title=Can I Just Ask?|year=2011|publisher=Hay House|isbn=9781848502468|page=58}}</ref> In movement of the event of [[frenulum breveforeskin]] or frenular chordee, which may or to ensure that the glans can may not interfere with normal sexual activity. Frenulum breve may be freely and completely exposed, treated by manually expanding the frenulum may be partially or totally removed. It is also often removed in a [[circumcisionshaft skin]] by [[stretching]].<ref>{{cite journal |pmid=2305537 |year=1990 |last1=Griffin |first1=AS |last2=Kroovand |title=Frenular chordee: implications and treatment |volume=35 |issue=2 |pages=133–4 |journal=Urology |doi=10.1016/0090-4295(90)80060-Z |first2=R. }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |pmid=10733391 |doi=10.1542/peds.105.3.681 |year=2000 |last1=Preiser |first1=G |title=Circumcision--the debates goes on |volume=105 |issue=3 Pt 1 |pages=681–684 |journal=Pediatrics |first2=M. |first3=T. |first4=C. |first5=S. A. |first6=R. J. |first7=B. |first8=S. A. |first9=F. M. |last2=Herschel; |last3=Bartman; |last4=Andersson; |last5=Bailis; |last6=Shechet |last7=Tanenbaum; |last8=Kunin; |last9=Hodges |last10=Fleiss; |first10=P. M. |last11=Antonopoulos; |first11=J. |last12=Rockney |first12=R. |last13=Taylor; |first13=A. |last14=Stang |first14=H. |last15=Snellman |first15=L. |last16=Fontaine |first16=P. |last17=Condon; |first17=L. M. |last18=Lannon |first18=C. M.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Neonatal Circumcision: An Audiovisual Primer |publisher=Stanford School of Medicine |url=http://newborns.stanford.edu/Circumcision.html}}</ref> ==Sensitivity==The frenulum and the associated tissue delta on the underside of the condition may also be treated by [[human penis|penisfrenuloplasty]] below the , or [[Corona of glans penis|coronafrenectomy]] has been described in sexuality textbooks as "very reactive" and "particularly responsive . Frenulum breve may contribute to touch that frenular chordee, where the glans is light and soft". The "underside of pulled toward the shaft vernal body of the penis, meaning the part below the corona" is a "source of distinct pleasure".<ref name="hass1993">{{cite book |last1=Hass |first1=K. |last2=Hass |first2=A. |title=Understanding Sexuality |location=St Louis |publisher=Mosby |year=1993 |pages=99–100|isbn=0801667488|url=https://books.google.com/?id=snhqAAAAMAAJ&dq=Understanding+Sexuality.&q=frenulum#search_anchor}}</ref> Crooks and Baur observe that two extremely sensitive specific locations that many men find particularly responsive to stimulation are the corona, and the frenulum.<ref name="crooks1993">{{cite book |last1=Crooks |first1=R. |last2=Baur |first2=K. |title=Our Sexuality |edition=5th |location=Redwood City |publisher=Benjamin/Cummings |year=1993 |page=129 |isbn=0-534-59567-7}}</ref> Repeated stimulation of this structure will cause orgasm and ejaculation in some men.

In men with spinal cord injury preventing sensations from reaching the brain, the The [[frenulum just below the glans can ]] may be stimulated to produce orgasm and peri-ejaculatory response.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Rehabilitation entirely missing in cases of Persons With Spinal Cord Injuries |first=Michael F. |last=Saulino |publisher=WebMD |year=2006 |url=http://www.emedicine.com/orthoped/topic425.htm}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |pmid=7811177 |doi=10.1016/S0003-9993(95)80044-1 |year=1995 |last1=Pryor |first1=JL |last2=Leroy |last3=Nagel |last4=Hensleigh |title=Vibratory stimulation for treatment of anejaculation in quadriplegic men |volume=76 |issue=1 |pages=59–64 |journal=Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation |first2=Suzanne C. |first3=Theodore C. |first4=Hugh Cdegree [[hypospadias]]. }}</ref>

==Pathology==[[Frenulum breve]] It is a condition in which possible for the frenulum is short and restricts the movement to tear during sexual activities. The frenular artery, a branch of the foreskindorsal artery, which may or may not interfere with normal sexual activity. The condition can be treated by [[frenuloplasty]], [[frenectomy]]severed, or causing significant [[circumcisionbleeding]]. Frenulum breve may contribute to frenular chordee, where the glans is pulled toward the vernal body of the penis. Frenulum breve may also be treated by manually expanding the shaft skin by stretching.{{Citation needed|date=June 2010}}

The In the event of [[frenulum breve]] or frenular chordee, or to ensure that the glans can be freely and completely exposed, the frenulum may be entirely missing partially or totally removed. It is also often removed in cases of first degree a [[hypospadiascircumcision]].<ref name="Griffin-Kroovand1990">{{REFjournal |last=Griffin |init=AS |last2=Kroovand |init2=RL |title=Frenular chordee: implications and treatment |journal=Urology |date=1990 |volume=35 |issue=2 |pages=133-134 |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/009042959080060Z |quote= |pubmedID=2305537 |pubmedCID= |DOI=10.1016/0090-4295(90)80060-Z |accessdate=2019-10-01}}</ref><ref name="Gary2000"/> It has been noted that the wound where the frenulum was amputated is usually slower to heal than the wound where the foreskin was amputated.

It is possible for Song et al. (2015) report that the frenulum may need to tear during sexual activities. The frenular artery, be lengthened after a branch of the circumcision amputates [[Dorsal artery of skin]] tissue from the penis.<ref>{{REFjournal |last=Song |dorsal arteryinit=B |last2=Hou |init2=ZH |last3=Liu |init3=QL |last4=Qian |init4=WP |title=[Penile frenulum lengthening for premature ejaculation]], may be severed, causing significant bleeding. |journal=Zhonghua Nan Ke Xue |date=2015-01-01 |volume=21 |issue=2 |pages=149-152 |url= |quote= |pubmedID=25796689 |pubmedCID= |DOI= |accessdate=2019-10-01}}</ref>

A frenectomy can be performed to remove the frenulum from the penis, which is a treatment for [[frenulum breve]] or frenular chordee.<ref name="pmid2305537Griffin-Kroovand1990"/> This is a form of genital [[Genital frenectomy (disambiguation)|genital frenectomy]]. The frenulum may be cut when a male is circumcised. This may also reduce the size of the [[http://www.cirp.org/library/anatomy/mcgrath1/ frenular delta]]. The frenulum was reported to be cut in 26.7%, 20%, and 33.33% of circumcised patients in various surveys.<ref name="pmid2305537">{{cite journal |vauthors=Griffin AS, Kroovand RL |title=Frenular chordee: implications and treatment |journal=Urology |volume=35 |issue=2 |pages=133–4 |year=1990 |pmid=2305537 |doi=10.1016/0090-4295(90)80060-Z}}<Kroovand1990"/ref><ref>{{cite journal|urlname=http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/reprint/105/3/681.pdf#search=%22%20Frenular%20chordee%22|title=Circumcision—The Debates Goes On|journal=Pediatrics|volume=105|issue=3|pages=681–684|doi=10.1542"Gary2000"/peds.105.3.681|year=2000|last1=Preiser|first1=Gary}}</ref>

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