Kata ''[[frenulum]]'' saja seringkali dipakai untuk merujuk pada '''frenulum kulup''', yaitu ikatanpita jaringan elastis di bawah [[kepala penis]] yang terhubung ke [[kulup]] hingga mukosa vernal, fungsinya membantu kulup menutup kepala penis saat mengkerut.<ref>{{cite book|last=Jensen|first=Christian|title=Can I Just Ask?|year=2011|publisher=Hay House|isbn=9781848502468|page=58}}</ref> Dalam kasus [[frenulum pendek|frenulum yang pendek]] atau agar keseluruhan kepala penis terpapar secara bebas, frenulum kulup dapat dihilangkan sebagian atau seluruhnya.<ref>{{cite journal |pmid=2305537 |year=1990 |last1=Griffin |first1=A.S. |last2=Kroovand |title=Frenular Chordee: Implications and Treatment |volume=35 |issue=2 |pages=133–4 |journal=Urology |doi=10.1016/0090-4295(90)80060-Z |first2=R. }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |pmid=10733391 |doi=10.1542/peds.105.3.681 |year=2000 |last1=Preiser |first1=G. |title=Circumcision: The Debates Goes On |volume=105 |issue=3 Pt 1 |pages=681–684 |journal=Pediatrics |first2=M. |first3=T. |first4=C. |first5=S.A. |first6=R.J. |first7=B. |first8=S.A. |first9=F.M. |last2=Herschel; |last3=Bartman; |last4=Andersson; |last5=Bailis; |last6=Shechet |last7=Tanenbaum; |last8=Kunin; |last9=Hodges |last10=Fleiss; |first10=P.M. |last11=Antonopoulos; |first11=J. |last12=Rockney |first12=R. |last13=Taylor; |first13=A. |last14=Stang |first14=H. |last15=Snellman |first15=L. |last16=Fontaine |first16=P. |last17=Condon; |first17=L.M. |last18=Lannon |first18=C. M.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Neonatal Circumcision: An Audiovisual Primer |publisher=Stanford School of Medicine |url=http://newborns.stanford.edu/Circumcision.html}}</ref>
