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| The '''ridged band''' is a band of highly innervated and ]ised ] that is located just inside the tip of the ] of the ] male near the ]. The ridged band was described by John R. Taylor, M.B.,Ch.B.,MRCPEd, FRCPC, a ] ], and others in an article that was published in ] in the '']''. | The '''ridged band''' is a band of highly innervated and ]ised ] that is located just inside the tip of the ] of the ] male near the ]. The ridged band was described by John R. Taylor, M.B.,Ch.B.,MRCPEd, FRCPC, a ] ], and others in an article that was published in ] in the '']''. This theory underpins the case against male circumcision. The Taylor study has not, however, been validated by further studies and is viewed increasingly as being speculative. | ||
| The ridged band separates the outer skin of the ] from the ]. The ridged band contains ]s arranged at the crest of rete ridges. The nerve endings resemble ]s or ]s. | |||
| The ridged band is invariably excised when a male is ]. | |||
| ==External links== | ==External links== | ||
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The ridged band is a band of highly innervated and vascularised tissue that is located just inside the tip of the foreskin of the human male near the mucocutaneous boundary. The ridged band was described by John R. Taylor, M.B.,Ch.B.,MRCPEd, FRCPC, a Canadian pathologist, and others in an article that was published in 1996 in the British Journal of Urology. This theory underpins the case against male circumcision. The Taylor study has not, however, been validated by further studies and is viewed increasingly as being speculative.
External links
- Susceptibility to human immunodeficiency virus-1 infection of human foreskin and cervical tissue grown in explant culture. URL: http://ajp.amjpathol.org/cgi/content/full/161/3/867
- Comparative investigation of Langerhans' cells and potential receptors for HIV in oral, genitourinary and rectal epithelia. URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=7558138&dopt=Abstract