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The '''ridged band''' is a band of highly innervated wrinkly [[skin]] just inside the tip of the [[foreskin]]. The term ''ridged'' is used to describe the area instead of the more commonly used term ''wrinkled''. It has, especially in regard to [[phimosis]] (and preputioplasty), been called '''preputial ring''' or '''phimotic ring''', ''ring'' being analogous to ''band'', referring to the shape, and ''preputial'' meaning ''pertaining to the [[Foreskin|prepuce]]''. More particularly, it refers to the transitional area from the external to the internal surface of the prepuce, or foreskin. The ridged band separates the outer [[skin]] of the penis from the inner [[mucosa]]. The ridged band contains nerve endings arranged at the crest of rete ridges. The nerve endings resemble [[Meissner's corpuscles]] or Krause end-bulbs.
The nerve endings in the ridged band are stimulated by deformation of their capsules. Deformation of the capsules may occur by pressure, by [[stretching ]] of the [[foreskin]], or by the [[Gliding action| rolling or gliding of the foreskin]] during sexual activity.
The nerves of the ridged band are believed to provide sensory input to the autonomic nervous system, which regulates sexual response.
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Work in progress shows that [[stretching ]] the prepuce and its ridged band triggers reflex contraction of muscles of the bulb of penis known to be associated with ejaculation and, not insignificantly, erogenous sensation.<ref name="taylor2003">{{REFjournal
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Taylor (2007) commented:
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The range of functions of the ridged band remains uncertain but it is deeply corrugated, rich in distortion-sensitive [[Meissner's corpuscles]] and subject to the movement of muscularised [[shaft skin]] during sexual intercourse. It now seems that the concertina-like ridged band might be reflexogenic as much as fine-touch sensitive. Initial study (J.R.T. unpublished) indicates that the real importance of the ridged band to sexual intercourse lies in an ability to trigger a reflex contraction of muscles responsible for [[ejaculation]].<ref name="taylor2007A">{{REFjournal
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|first=John R.
Taylor (2007) also remarked:
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The ridged band of prepuce is tucked just inside the tip of the unretracted prepuce; it is a richly vascular muscosal tissue heavily innervated by movement-sensitive [[Meissner's corpuscles]]. In addition to touch sensitivity, the ridged band is uniquely ridged or corrugated, and not surprisingly, work in progress indicates that retraction or stetching of this accordion like structure triggers reflex contraction of bulbocavernosus and bulbospongious. These "bulb muscles" compress the root or bulb of the penis and among other things, including deep erogenous sensation, are responsible for [[ejaculation ]] and clearing of residual [[urine]] from the posterior [[urethra]] following micturition.<ref name="taylor207B">{{REFjournal
|last=Taylor
|first=John R.
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More recent studies provide additional evidence of the sensory and sexual function of the ridged band and foreskin. Kim & Pang (2007), working in [[South Korea]], report that 48 percent of men experience less pleasure from [[masturbation]] after [[circumcision ]] and 63 percent report an increase in difficulty of [[masturbation]].<ref>{{REFjournal |last=Kim |first=DaiSik |init=D |last2=Pang |init2=MG |title=The effect of male circumcision on sexuality |journal=BJU Int |date=KimDS PangMG 2007-02-07 |volume=99 |issue=3 |pages=619-22 |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1464-410X.2006.06646.x |quote= |pubmedID=17155977 |pubmedCID= |DOI=https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1464-410X.2006.06646.x |accessdate=2019-09-28}}</ref> Podnar (2012), working in Slovenia, compared the sexual response of normal [[intact ]] men and [[circumcised ]] men. The bulbo-covernosus reflex was elicitable in 92 percent of normal intact men, but it was elicitable in only 27 percent of circumcised men.<ref>{{REFjournal
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==Summary==
The ridged band area is situated just inside the tip of the [[foreskin]]. The ridged band area contains [[Meissner's corpuscles]] arranged in rete ridges. The [[Meissner's corpuscles]] are stimulated by motion and [[stretching]]. The foreskin contains a layer of muscle tissue called the dartos fascia.<ref name="cold-taylor"/> [[Dartos| The dartos fascia]] allows a considerable degree of motion and [[stretching ]] to stimulate the [[Meissner's corpuscles]], which provides significant stimulation during sexual activity.
==Illustrations==
* [[Acroposthion]]
* [[Foreskin sensitivity]]
* [[Penis]]
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