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The dartos fascia keeps the foreskin close to the glans penis throughout life.<ref>{{REFjournal
| last=Lakshmanan | first=S. | coauthorslast2=Prakash |first2=S. | title=Human prepuce: some aspects of structure and function | journal=Indian J Surg | date=1980 | volume=44 | issue= | pages=134-7 | url=http://www.cirp.org/library/anatomy/lakshmanan/ | quote=The normal tone of the muscle arranged in this fashion and supplemented by elastic tissue offers a legitimate explanation for the close fit of the prepuce through the ages. | pubmedID= | pubmedCID= | DOI= | accessdate=2019-09-29
}}</ref> In infancy, the dartos fascia operates as a one-way check valve at the tip of the foreskin, allowing urine to pass out, but prohibiting the entry of foreign matter and pathogens.<ref>{{REFjournal
| last=Fleiss | first=PMP.M. | coauthorslast2=Hodges FM |first2=F, M, |last3=Van Howe RS |first3=R..S. | title=Immunological functions of the human prepuce | journal=Sex Trans Inf | date=1998-10 | volume=74 | issue=5 | pages=364-7 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1758142/pdf/v074p00364.pdf | quote="The sphincter action of the preputial orifice functions like a one way valve, blocking the entry of contaminants while allowing the passage of urine." | pubmedID=10195034 | pubmedCID= | DOI= | accessdate=2019-10-01
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