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}}</ref> The foreskin is what's known as a specific erogenous zone.<ref name="ErogenousZones"/> This means that it is richly equipped with a high density and concentration of specialized and sophisticated nerve receptors that convey pleasure.<ref>{{REFjournal
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|last2=García-Piqueras |first2=Jorge
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|last4=Martín-Cruces |first4=José
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|last6=García-Suárez |first6=Olivia
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|title=Sensory innervation of the human male prepuce: Meissner's corpuscles predominate
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|journal=Journal of Anatomy
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|date=2021-10
|volume=239 |issue=4
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|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/joa.13481
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}}</ref> The presence of specialized nerves, nerves that do no not exist elsewhere, make this part of the penis especially important. Consequently, this has been studied in detail by respected anatomists for over a century, who have transformed their knowledge by detailed empirical observation of the nerves that are present in the foreskin.