The fold of skin which covers the glans of the penis; the prepuce.
prepuce, the part of the skin system of the penis covering the glans. The outer skin folds inward at the end of the foreskin. From this fold on to where it joins behind the glans is the sexually sensitive area of the skin system. A circumcised man can test this as follows: In an aroused state, caress the skin downwards, starting from the end of the penis. When your stroke crosses the scar line, note the stark difference in sensitivity. The amount of sensitive area you have remaining between the scar line and the glans is just a sample of what you had before your circumcision. This sensitive region is normally much larger and folded inside the foreskin in the intact male, where it is moist and protected from constant stimulation. After circumcision, this region is exposed, dried out, and greatly desensitized. Circumcision was designed in an attempt to reduce the sexual appetite by reducing the amount of pleasure sexual stimulation could provide you.
the loose tissue that covers the head of the penis
the skin which covers the tip of the penis of a boy or man who has not been circumcised. When the penis is erect the foreskin rolls back, exposing the sensitive tip or glans. Boys who have reached puberty need to wash under their foreskin regularly.
the skin over the tip of the penis.
The skin that covers the penis and is removed during a circumcision
A retractable tube of skin that covers and protects the glans of the penis
The retractable skin folding over the head or glans of the penis in the uncircumcized male. The correct medical term is prepuce.
The flap of skin that normally covers the head of the penis; it is removed when a baby is circumcised.
The sheath of skin covering the glans of the penis that is removed during circumcision.
A loose fold of skin covering the tip of the penis.
Loose skin that covers the tip of the PENIS on uncircumcised men.
(FOR·skin). The skin covering the glans of the penis. The removal of the foreskin for cosmetic, religious, or other purposes is through a minor surgical procedure known as circumcision. See circumcise and ritual circumcision.
a fold of skin covering the tip of the clitoris
a loose collection of skin that surrounds the glans
The skin that covers the penis (and folded over the glans) is known as the foreskin. Some boys have this skin removed for religious or health reasons during childhood.
A layer of skin covering the end of the penis.
Prepuce, the part of the skin system of the penis covering the glans. The outer skin folds inward at the end of the foreskin. From this fold on to where it joins behind the glans is the moist mucosal area. The foreskin is a remnant of earlier stages of evolution (much as the appendix is) where it was necessary to protect the glans from abrasion from undergrowth and tree branches. Now that man travels on 2 legs rather than 4 and is generally clothed the foreskin serves no further purpose. The presence of a foreskin can lead to phimosis, paraphimosis, balanitis, urethritis, retained smegma, a higher risk for penile and cervical cancer, and a higher risk for sexually transmitted diseases including AIDS.
A retractable tube of skin on the penis that covers and protects the glans.
skin over the head of a penis
A covering of skin protecting the head of the penis.
The sheath of skin covering the tip of the penis; often removed during circumcision.
In uncircumcised males, the additional layer of skin that covers the glans.
The skin covering the end of the uncircumcised penis; prepuce.
Fold of skin that covers the penis and is removed in circumcision
The hood of the penis. In uncircumcised males, it covers most of the head of the penis when the penis is not erect. In circumcised males, what remains of the foreskin is collapsed around the bottom of the head. See also: Circumcision.
The loose fold of skin that covers the glans of the penis. Also called prepuce.
loose skin that covers the head of the penis; the foreskin is often removed by circumcision.
Loose skin covering the end of the penis.
Also referred to as the clitoral hood in women. The loose skin which covers the penis and clitoris.
A fold of skin that covers the head of the penis.
skin covering the head of the penis in uncircumsized men
(FOR-skin) The loose skin that covers the head of the penis.
can only be performed on uncircumcised men. Pierces either side of the penis.
A fold of thin skin that overhangs the glans of the penis in uncircumcised men.
Also known as the prepuce. The flap of skin that covers the glans of the penis. Often in men with hypospadias, the foreskin is not complete on the undersurface of the penis and forms a skin fold called a dorsal hood.
The foreskin is the fold of tissue that covers the glans of the penis. In adult men it should be capable of being pulled back (retracted) onto the shaft of the penis to expose the glans completely. The foreskin begins immediately behind the glans (the head of the penis) and comes forward to sheath the glans and then doubles back on itself to form an outer layer that joins the shaft skin behind the glans. How much of the glans is covered by the skin is very variable. Still more variable is the coverage remaining when the penis is erect. The inner lining has a very sensitive erogenous mucosa that becomes ridged and especially erogenous just inside the foreskin opening.
A piece of skin surrounding the head of the penis. It is removed in the operation known as circumcision. In uncircumcised men, the foreskin often rolls back during erection.
(prepuce) - The skin over the head of the penis that is removed during circumcision.
The fold of skin which covers the head of a penis.
The foreskin or prepuce (a technically broader term that also includes the clitoral hood, the homologous structure in women) is a retractable double-layered fold of skin and mucous membrane that covers the glans penis and protects the urinary meatus when the penis is not erect. Almost all mammals have foreskins, although in these non-human cases the foreskin is usually a sheath into which the whole penis is retracted. Only monotremes (the platypus and the echidna) lack foreskins.
