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In male human anatomy, Prepuce, more commonly referred to as the foreskin is a retractable double-layered folded tube of skin and mucous membrane that covers the glans (head) of the penis and protects it when the penis is not erect. It is also endowed with a large number of touch sensitive nerves that make it important in delivering pleasure during sexual intercourse or masturbation. The mucous membrane that lines the inside helps in stimulating and lubricating the glans penis and also makes the experience easier and more pleasant for the female pardner.
The foreskin ( also refered to as the prepuce) is the part of the skin of the penis that covers the head of the penis.

In teenagers and adults, the foreskin can slide back to expose the penis head. This frequently occurs during an erection. In infants and children the foreskin does not retract until sometime in childhood, usually by age 12.

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What is a camels foreskin called?

The camel itself is a foreskin.


What is another word for foreskin?

The foreskin may also be referred to as the prepuce.


What does the word foreskin mean?

The foreskin is a fold of skin that covers the head (glans) of the penis.


If a man is circumcised is the penis removed with the foreskin?

No when they circumcise they remove the foreskin only. Not the penis.


How is infant male circumcision performed?

In circumcision of infants, the foreskin is pulled tightly into a specially designed clamp, and the foreskin pulls away from the broadened tip of the penis. Pressure from the clamp stops bleeding from blood vessels that supplied the foreskin


What is a long foreskin?

By examination of the word 'long' one would assume the question is referring to a foreskin greater than average. Average foreskin covers the glans of the penis completely when soft. When erect average foreskin typically slides back and exposes some if not all of the glans. If a man has 'long' foreskin, by description alone it suggests that the foreskin is of a greater/longer amount than average. Some men with longer foreskins can have an erection with no exposure of the glans. In other cases the foreskin can be long enough to cover the glans during erection with excess at the tip. Typically the position of the foreskin is dependant upon the elasticity and size of the frenum, which attatches the foreskin to the underside of the glans. The more flexible and abundant the frenum is, the more likely the foreskin is able to slide up and down.


Did you understand you were circumcised did you find out when you saw a boy with a foreskin on his penis?

No, I did not. I thought I would still grow a foreskin.


What does circumcision do?

Circumcision is the removal of the Prepuce or foreskin from the penis. this is largely a religious practice and there are no medical or health advantages in it except in extremely rare circumstances.


Removal of the foreskin?

Removal of the foreskin is also referred to as circumcision of men or boys is traditional in a number of cultures, but it is most common in the Jewish tradition from the Brit Milah.


How do you take out foreskin?

Circumcision


Do seals have foreskin?

Yes, the males do, as do most male animals.


You are 13 and have no foreskin?

If you don't have foreskin that means you have been circumcised. Circumcision is a surgery during which part of the skin of the penis, called the foreskin, is cut off of the rest of the penis. After circumcision the head of the penis is always exposed since there is no foreskin left to cover it. Foreskin does not grow back after it has been cut off. Most circumcisions are performed when boys are only a few days old, which is why you don't remember it.