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}}</ref><ref> {{REFbook |last=Martini and Bartholomew. |title=Essentials of Anatomy and Physiology. |edition=3. |publisher=Pearson Benjamin Cummings, |year=2010. Print.}}</ref><ref>{{REFbook |last=Afifi and Bergman. |title=Functional neuroanatomy: text and atlas. |publisher=McGraw-Hill Professional, |year=1998. |edition=16. Print. ISBN |isbn=0070015899}}</ref> They are concentrated in areas of the body denoted as erogenous zones, which include the foreskin, clitoris, lip and nipple.<ref name="ErogenousZones"/> J.R. Taylor (1996) noted their presence in the foreskin,<ref name="Mucosa"/> and C.J. Cold & Taylor (1999) reported "Most of the encapsulated receptors of the foreskin are Meissner corpuscles, as they contact the epithelial basement membrane."<ref>{{

}}</ref> Early observations were noted by A. S. Dogiel (1893),<ref name="Nervenendigungen"/> D. Ohmori (1924),<ref name="Ohmori"/> and H. C. Bazett (1935),<ref>{{REFjournal |last=Bazett, |first=H.C. " |title=Methods of investigation of sensation in man and the theoretical value of the results obtained." |journal=Proc. A. Research Nerv. & Ment. Dis. |volume=15. ( |date=1935): |pages=83-97. Print.}}</ref> reported the presence of Meissner's corpuscles in the foreskin. Haiyang ''et al.'' (2005) found and measured the density of Meissner's corpuscles on the foreskin.<ref>{{REFjournal |last=Haiyang et al. " |etal=yes |title=Observation of Meissner's corpuscle in abundant prepuce and phimosis." |journal=Journal of Modern Urology ( |date=2005): n. pag. Web.}}</ref> Dong ''et al.'' (2007) reported that the quantity of Meissner's corpuscles on the fused smooth mucosa of the foreskin decline with age, but not on the ridged band.<ref>{{REFjournal |last=Dong et al. " |etal=yes |title=Observation of Meissner's corpuscle on fused phimosis." |journal=Journal of Guangdong Medical College |date=2007: n. pag. Web. |ISSN:=1005-4057.0.2007-01-004}}</ref>

In 1991 the ridged bands of the male prepuce were identified as a concentrated area of corpuscular receptors.<ref>{{REFbook |last=Taylor JR |first=J. R. |chapter=The prepuce: What, exactly, is removed by circumcision: a preliminary report. In: |editors=Milos M,Richter L, Hodges F; eds. |title=Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Circumcision. 1991. SanAnselmo: |location=San Anselmo |publisher=NOCIRC. |date=1994.}}</ref><ref name="Mucosa"/>

The foreskin has important sexual nerve receptors that are removed during circumcision.<ref name="CutaneousInnervation"/><ref name="ErogenousZones"/><ref name="Mucosa"/><ref>{{REFjournal |first=C.J. |last=Cold and |first2=J.R. |last2=Taylor. " |title=The prepuce." |journal=British Journal of Urology International. |volume=83. ( |date=1999): |pages=34-44. Print [ |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10349413?dopt=Abstract PMID |pubmedID=10349413]}}</ref> Circumcision removes the most sensitive part of a man's penis. The five most sensitive areas of the penis are on the foreskin. The transitional region from the external to the internal foreskin is the most sensitive region of the fully intact penis, and more sensitive than the most sensitive region of the circumcised penis.<ref name="FineTouchPressure">{{REFjournal