Frenulum of penis
Frenulum preputii
- Latin synonym: Frenulum praeputii
- Synonym: Frenum of penis
- Related terms: Frenulum
Definition
Immediately behind the external urethral orifice, the internal layer of the prepuce forms a small secondary reduplication, attached along the bottom of a depressed median raphé, which extends from the meatus to the neck; this fold is termed the frenulum of the prepuce.
References
This definition incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy (20th U.S. edition of Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body, published in 1918 – from http://www.bartleby.com/107/).
