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| Note: the two articles listed below are available on CIRP, an |
Note: the two articles listed below are available on CIRP (Circumcision Information Resource Pages), an internet library of medical reports and articles regarding circumcision, managed and oraganized by individuals who oppose circumcision. It is described in an article on the British Medical Journal website as having | ||
| * Winkelmann RK. The erogenous zones: their nerve supply and significance. <i>Mayo Clin Proc</i> 1959;34(2):39-47. URL: http://www.cirp.org/library/anatomy/winkelmann/ | * Winkelmann RK. The erogenous zones: their nerve supply and significance. <i>Mayo Clin Proc</i> 1959;34(2):39-47. URL: http://www.cirp.org/library/anatomy/winkelmann/ | ||
| * Taylor JR, Lockwood AP, Taylor AJ. The prepuce: specialized mucosa of the penis and its loss to circumcision. <i>Br J Urol</i> 1996;77:291-295. URL: http://www.cirp.org/library/anatomy/taylor/ | * Taylor JR, Lockwood AP, Taylor AJ. The prepuce: specialized mucosa of the penis and its loss to circumcision. <i>Br J Urol</i> 1996;77:291-295. URL: http://www.cirp.org/library/anatomy/taylor/ | ||
| * Foreskin: Ridged Band. URL: http://research.cirp.org/ | |||
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The ridged band was first described by John R. Taylor, a Canadian pathologist, and others in an article that was published in the British Journal of Urology in 1996. Taylor described a band of highly innervated and vascularised tissue located just inside the tip of the foreskin of the human male near the mucocutaneous boundary. The combination of high vascularity and high innervation make the ridged band a nerve and vascular plexus.
The ridged band separates the outer skin of the penis from the inner mucosa. The ridged band contains nerve endings arranged at the crest of rete ridges. The nerve endings resemble Meissner corpuscles or Krause end-bulbs.
External links
Note: the two articles listed below are available on CIRP (Circumcision Information Resource Pages), an internet library of medical reports and articles regarding circumcision, managed and oraganized by individuals who oppose circumcision. It is described in an article on the British Medical Journal website as having "useful information on the subject."
- Winkelmann RK. The erogenous zones: their nerve supply and significance. Mayo Clin Proc 1959;34(2):39-47. URL: http://www.cirp.org/library/anatomy/winkelmann/
- Taylor JR, Lockwood AP, Taylor AJ. The prepuce: specialized mucosa of the penis and its loss to circumcision. Br J Urol 1996;77:291-295. URL: http://www.cirp.org/library/anatomy/taylor/
- Foreskin: Ridged Band. URL: http://research.cirp.org/