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{{Construction SiteGraphicWarning}}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.<ref name="Jensen">{{REFbook |last=Jensen |first=Christian |init=C |year=2011 |title=Can I Just Ask? |url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9938850-can-i-just-ask |work= |editor= |edition= |volume= |chapter= |page=58 |location= |publisher=Hay House |isbn=9781848502468 |quote= |accessdate= |note=}}</ref> The frenular artery passes through the frenulum.

Rarely, boys are born without a frenulum. This article is work in progress condition causes no issues and not yet part permits unusually full retraction of the free encyclopedia IntactiWikiforeskin.

==Sensation and stimulation==The '''frenulum of and the foreskin''', often known simply as associated tissue delta on the '''frenulum''', is an elastic band underside of tissue under the [[glans penis]] below the corona has been described in sexuality textbooks as "very reactive" and "particularly responsive to touch that connects is light and soft". The "underside of the shaft of the penis, meaning the part below the [[foreskin]] 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 (prepuce1993) observe that two extremely sensitive specific locations that many men find particularly responsive to stimulation are the vernal mucosacorona, and helps contract the foreskin over the glansfrenulum.<refname="crooks1993">{{cite bookREFbook |last=JensenCrooks |first=ChristianR. |init=R |last2=Baur |first2=K. |init2=K |year=1993 |title=Can I Just Ask?Our Sexuality |url= |work= |editor= |edition=5 |volume= |chapter= |page=129 |yearlocation=2011Redwood City |publisher=Hay HouseBenjamin/Cummings |isbn=97818485024680-534-59567-7 |pagequote= |accessdate= |note=58}}</ref> The frenular artery passes through the frenulumRepeated stimulation of this structure will cause orgasm and ejaculation in some men.

==Sensitivity==The frenulum and In men with spinal cord injury preventing sensations from reaching the associated tissue delta on brain, the underside of the [[penis]] frenulum just below the corona has been described in sexuality textbooks as "very reactive" and "particularly responsive glans can be stimulated to touch that is light produce orgasm and soft". The "underside of the shaft of the penis, meaning the part below the corona" is a "source of distinct pleasure"peri-ejaculatory response.<ref name="hass1993Saulino">{{cite book REFjournal |last1last=Hass Saulino |first1first=KMichael F. |last2init=Hass MF |first2title=A. Rehabilitation of Persons With Spinal Cord Injuries |titlejournal=Understanding Sexuality WebMD |locationdate=St Louis 2006 |publishervolume=Mosby |yearissue=1993 |pages=99–100|isbn=0801667488 |url=https://booksemedicine.googlemedscape.com/?idarticle/1265209-overview |quote=snhqAAAAMAAJ&dq |pubmedID= |pubmedCID= |DOI=Understanding+Sexuality.&q |accessdate=frenulum#search_anchor2019-10-01}}</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="crooks1993Pryor">{{cite book REFjournal |last1last=Crooks Pryor |first1init=R. JL |last2=Baur Leroy |first2=KSuzanne C. |init2=SC |last3=Nagel |first3=Theodore C. |init3=TC |last4=Hensleigh |first4=Hugh C. |init4=HC |title=Our Sexuality Vibratory stimulation for treatment of anejaculation in quadriplegic men |journal=Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation |editiondate=5th 1995 |locationvolume=Redwood City 76 |publisherissue=Benjamin/Cummings 1 |pages=59-64 |url= |quote= |yearpubmedID=1993 7811177 |pagepubmedCID=129 |isbnDOI=010.1016/S0003-5349993(95)80044-595671 |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=681-7684 |url= |quote= |pubmedID=10733391 |pubmedCID= |DOI=10.1542/peds.105.3.681 |accessdate=}}</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, ==Pathology==[[Frenulum breve]] is a condition in which the [[frenulum just below ]] is short and restricts the glans can be stimulated to produce orgasm and peri-ejaculatory response.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Rehabilitation movement of Persons With Spinal Cord Injuries |first=Michael Fthe [[foreskin]], which may or may not interfere with normal sexual activity. |last=Saulino |publisher=WebMD |year=2006 |url=http://wwwFrenulum breve may be treated by manually expanding the [[shaft skin]] by [[stretching]].emedicineThe condition may also be treated by [[frenuloplasty]], or [[frenectomy]].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 Frenulum breve may contribute to frenular chordee, where the glans is pulled toward the vernal body 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 Cthe penis. }}</ref>

==Pathology==The [[Frenulum brevefrenulum]] is a condition may be entirely missing in which the frenulum is short and restricts the movement cases of the foreskin, which may or may not interfere with normal sexual activity. The condition can be treated by frenuloplasty, frenectomy, or first degree [[circumcisionhypospadias]]. 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}}

It is possible for the frenulum to tear during sexual activities. The frenulum frenular artery, a branch of the dorsal artery, may be entirely missing in cases of first degree severed, causing significant [[hypospadiasbleeding]].

It is possible for In the event of [[frenulum to tear during sexual activities. The breve]] or frenular arterychordee, a branch of or to ensure that the dorsal arteryglans can be freely and completely exposed, the frenulum may be severed, causing significant bleedingpartially or totally removed. It is also often removed in a [[circumcision]].<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.

In the event of [[frenulum breve]] or frenular chordee, or to ensure Song et al. (2015) report that the glans can be freely and completely exposed, the frenulum may need to be partially or totally removed. It is also often removed in lengthened after a circumcision amputates [[circumcisionskin]]tissue from the penis.<ref>{{REFjournal |pmidlast=2305537 Song |yearinit=1990 |last1=Griffin |first1=AS B |last2=Kroovand Hou |titleinit2=Frenular chordee: implications and treatment ZH |volumelast3=35 Liu |issueinit3=2 QL |pageslast4=133–4 Qian |journalinit4=Urology WP |doititle=10.1016/0090-4295(90)80060-Z [Penile frenulum lengthening for premature ejaculation] |first2=R. }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |pmid=10733391 Zhonghua Nan Ke Xue |doidate=10.1542/peds.105.3.681 |year=2000 |last1=Preiser |first1=G |title=Circumcision2015-01-the debates goes on 01 |volume=105 21 |issue=3 Pt 1 2 |pages=681–684 149-152 |journalurl=Pediatrics |first2quote=M. |first3pubmedID=T. 25796689 |first4pubmedCID=C. |first5=S. A. |first6DOI=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 |publisheraccessdate=Stanford School of Medicine |url=http://newborns.stanford.edu/Circumcision.html2019-10-01}}</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>

==External links=={{LINKS}}<!-- {{Commons category}}-->*{{cite book REFbook |last=McGrath |first=Ken |lastinit=McGrath K |chapterauthor-link=The Frenular Delta Ken McGrath |year=2001 |editor=Denniston GC |editor2=Hodges FM |editor3=Milos MF |title=Understanding Circumcision: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to a Multi-Dimensional Problem |url=http://www.cirp.org/library/anatomy/mcgrath1/ |work= |editors=Denniston GC, Hodges FM, Milos MF |edition= |volume= |chapter=The Frenular Delta |pages= |location=New York |publisher=Kluwer |isbn=978-0306467011 |publisherquote= |accessdate=2019-10-01 |note=Kluwer}}