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== Innervation ==
The penis — the organ of copulation — is heavily innervated with afferent nerves — meaning that sensation is transmitted to the spinal cord and/or central nervous system,<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/afferent
|title=Afferent
|last=Anonymous
|first=
|init=
|publisher=The Free Dictionary by Farlex
|date=2003
|accessdate=2023-11-24
}}</ref> which is needed for male sexual function.<ref name="cepeda2023">{{REFjournal
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|author-link=Alfonso Cepeda-Emiliani
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|last3=Otero-Alén
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|etal=no
|title=Immunohistological study of the density and distribution of human penile neural tissue: gradient hypothesis
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|journal= Int J Impot Res
|location=
|date=2023-05-02
|volume=35
|issue=3
|article=
|page=
|pages=286-305
|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/s41443-022-00561-9
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|pubmedID=35501394
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|DOI=10.1038/s41443-022-00561-9
|accessdate=2023-11-21
}}</ref>
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