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The nature of the prepuce or foreskin, which is amputated and destroyed by circumcision, must be considered and fully understood in any discussion of male [[circumcision]].<ref name="cold-taylor1999">{{REFjournal
|last=Cold
|first=C.J.
== Structure ==
The foreskin (also known as the prepuce) is the double-layered fold of smooth muscle tissue, blood vessels, neurons, skin, and mucous membrane part of the penis that covers and protects the glans penis and the urinary meatus.<ref name="cold-taylor1999"/> The foreskin comprises more than fifty percent of the epithelium of the penis.<ref name="taylor1996">{{REFjournal
|last=Taylor
|first=J.R.