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. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreskin http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]
Synonyms: penile prepuce prepuce of male preputium penis
Term information
- OpenCyc:Mx4rvVjlTZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA
- CALOHA:TS-0383
- EV:0100109
- FMA:19639
- EMAPA:18989
- EFO:0001664
- NCIT:C33049
- null:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreskin
- UMLS:C0227952 (ncithesaurus:Male_Prepuce)
- null:http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/181426005
- BTO:0001113
- null:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0227952
- MA:0000407
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim
Foreskin:CloseupV2.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/cc/Foreskin2.jpg/200px-Foreskin2.jpg
Term relations
- prepuce
- part of some penis
- transformation of some preputial swelling of male
- adjacent_to some glans penis
- develops_from some preputial swelling of male