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The [[ridged band]] area is found at the mucocutaneous junction. The ridged band area is characterized by rete ridges with Meissner’s corpuscles in the ridges.<ref name="taylor1996" />
==Protective functions==
The foreskin provides physical protection. The foreskin protects the glans penis and meatus from abrasion and irritation from ammoniacal diapers.<ref name="gairdner1949">{{REFjournal
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|title=The fate of the foreskin: a study of circumcision.
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|journal=Brit Med J
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|title=Prepuce in boys and adolescents: what when, and how?
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}}</ref> In the absence of the foreskin about ten to twenty percent of boys suffer urethral stricture (meatal stenosis) requiring further treatment.<ref name="frisch2016">{{REFjournal
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|title=Cultural background, non-therapeutic circumcision and the risk of meatal stenosis and other urethral stricture dis-ease: Two nationwide register-based cohort studies in Denmark 1977e2013
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}}</ref> Frisch & Simonsen (2016) reported the incidence of meatal stenosis to be 3.7 times higher in circumcised boys.<ref name="frisch2016" />
''The following content is part of the [[Circumpendium]].''