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==Structure==
[[Image:Ridged band magnified10x.jpeg|thumb|right|271px|Part of a ridged band under 10× magnification. The delicate and highly innervated mucosa features many ridges which increase sensitivity through increased surface area.]]
[[John R. Taylor|Taylor]] described the ridged band as a transversely ridged band of mucosal tissue, located just inside the tip of the foreskin near the mucocutaneous boundary. He characterized the ridged band as intensely vascular and richly innervated, stating that it "contains more [[Meissner's corpuscles]] than does the smooth mucosa", and noted that these tactile corpuscles were found only in the crests of ridges.<ref name="taylor1996">{{REFjournal |last=Taylor |init=JR |author-link=John R. Taylor |last2=Lockwood |init2=AP |last3=Taylor |init3=AJ |title=The prepuce: specialized mucosa of the penis and its loss to circumcision |journal=Br J Urol |date=TaylorJR LockwoodAP TaylorAJ 1996 |volume=77 |issue= |pages=291-295 |url=http://www.cirp.org/library/anatomy/taylor/ |quote= |pubmedID=8800902 |pubmedCID= |DOI=10.1046/j.1464-410x.1996.85023.x |accessdate=2019-09-23}}</ref>
==Function==