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Add information on the synechia.
|date=Jun 1982
|pages=1-13
}}</ref> At birth, the foreskin is usually attached to the glans (head) of the penisby a [[synechia]], akin to how a fingernail is attached to a finger.<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Deibert
|first=G.A.
|pages=387-399
|accessdate=2019-10-20
}}</ref> The preputial cavity is sealed by the synechia so it cannot be infected.
In infancy the foreskin's tubular neck (prepucial orifice) is often long and narrow while the sphincter muscle in the tip of the foreskin keeps its opening closed. This acts as an extension of the urethra.<ref>{{REFjournal