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==Sensitivity and innervation of the glans penis ==
[[Alfonso Cepeda-Emiliani |Cepeda-Emiliani]] et al. (2023) reported the glans penis has dual innervation from both the dorsal and perineal nerves.<ref name="cepeda2023">{{REFjournal
|last=Cepe da-Emiliani
|first=
|DOI=10.1038/s41443-022-00561-9
|accessdate=2023-11-24
}}</ref> [[Alfonso Cepeda-Emiliani|Cepeda-Emiliani]] et al. (2025) reported on the sensory corpuscles found in the glans and frenular region:<blockquote>A wide variety of sensory corpuscles in the glans and frenular regionwere spatially segregated in a highly organized manner (Figures 8–10and Figure S4). These included genital, Krause, Pacinian, Paciniform,Golgi-Mazzoni, Ruffini-like, Meissner, and numerous other corpuscles that were difficult to classify.<ref>{{REFjournal |last=Cepeda-Emiliani |first= |init=A |author-link=Alfonso Cepeda-Emiliani |last2=Otero-Alén |first2= |init2=M |author2-link= |last3=Suárez-Quintanilla |first3= |init3=J |author3-link= |last4=Gándara-Cortés |first4= |init4=M |author4-link= |last5=García-Caballero |first5= |init5=T |author5-link= |last6=García-Caballero |first6= |init6=R |author6-link= |last7=García-Caballero |first7= |init7=L |author7-link= |etal=no |title=The sensory penis: A comprehensive immunohistological and ontogenetic exploration of human penile innervation |trans-title= |journal=Andrology |date=2025-09-19 |volume= |issue= |article= |pages=1-41 |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/andr.70118 |archived= |quote= |pubmedID=40970806 |pubmedCID= |DOI=10.1111/andr.70118 |accessdate=2025-10-01}}</ref> </blockquote> When the glans penis loses the protection of the [[foreskin]] it collects a layer of [[keratin]] and loses its glossy appearance. The thick layer of keratin drastically reduces sensitivity.
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