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The '''frenulum of the foreskin''', often known simply as the '''frenulum''', is an elastic band of tissue under the [[glans penis]] that connects the [[foreskin]] (prepuce) to the vernal mucosa, and helps contract the foreskin over the glans.<ref>{{cite bookREFbook |last=Jensen |first=Christian |year=2011 |title=Can I Just Ask? |url= |work= |editor= |edition= |volume= |chapter= |yearpages=58 |location=2011 |publisher=Hay House |isbn=9781848502468 |quote= |accessdate= |pagenote=58}}</ref> The frenular artery passes through the frenulum.
==Sensitivity==
The frenulum and the associated tissue delta on the underside of the [[penis]] below the corona has been described in sexuality textbooks as "very reactive" and "particularly responsive to touch that is light and soft". The "underside of the shaft of the penis, meaning the part below the corona" is a "source of distinct pleasure".<ref name="hass1993">{{cite book REFbook |last1last=Hass |first1first=K. |author-link= |last2=Hass |first2=A. |title=Understanding Sexuality |location=St Louis |publisherauthor2-link=Mosby |year=1993 |pagestitle=99–100|isbn=0801667488Understanding Sexuality |url=https://books.google.com/?id=snhqAAAAMAAJ&dq=Understanding+Sexuality.&q=frenulum#search_anchor |work= |editor= |edition= |volume= |chapter= |pages=99–100 |location=St. Louis |publisher=Mosby |isbn=0801667488 |quote= |accessdate=2019-10-01 |note=}}</ref> Crooks and Baur observe that two extremely sensitive specific locations that many men find particularly responsive to stimulation are the corona, and the frenulum.<ref name="crooks1993">{{cite book REFbook |last1last=Crooks |first1first=R. |last2=Baur |first2=K. |year=1993 |title=Our Sexuality |url= |work= |editor= |edition=5th 5 |volume= |chapter= |pages=129 |location=Redwood City |publisher=Benjamin/Cummings |year=1993 |page=129 |isbn=0-534-59567-7 |quote= |accessdate= |note=}}</ref> Repeated stimulation of this structure will cause orgasm and ejaculation in some men.
In men with spinal cord injury preventing sensations from reaching the brain, the frenulum just below the glans can be stimulated to produce orgasm and peri-ejaculatory response.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Rehabilitation of Persons With Spinal Cord Injuries |first=Michael F. |last=Saulino |publisher=WebMD |year=2006 |url=http://www.emedicine.com/orthoped/topic425.htm}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |pmid=7811177 |doi=10.1016/S0003-9993(95)80044-1 |year=1995 |last1=Pryor |first1=JL |last2=Leroy |last3=Nagel |last4=Hensleigh |title=Vibratory stimulation for treatment of anejaculation in quadriplegic men |volume=76 |issue=1 |pages=59–64 |journal=Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation |first2=Suzanne C. |first3=Theodore C. |first4=Hugh C. }}</ref>
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*{{cite book REFbook |firstlast=Ken |lastfirst=McGrath |chapterauthor-link=The Frenular Delta Ken McGrath |year=2001 |editor=Denniston GC |editor2=Hodges FM |editor3=Milos MF |title=Understanding Circumcision: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to a Multi-Dimensional Problem |url= |work= |editor=Denniston GC, Hodges FM, Milos MF |edition= |volume= |chapter=The Frenular Delta |pages= |location=New York |publisher=Kluwer |isbn=978-0306467011 |quote= |publisheraccessdate= |note=Kluwer}}
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