- A
dermatome is an area of skin that is
mainly supplied by
afferent nerve fibres from the
dorsal root of any
given spinal nerve.
There are 8
cervical nerves...
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Dermatome may
refer to:
Dermatome (anatomy), an area of skin that is
supplied by a
single pair of
dorsal roots Dermatome (embryology), the
portion of the...
- A
dermatome is a
surgical instrument for
producing thin
slices of skin from a
donor area, for use in skin grafts. One of its main
applications is for...
- axis in
segmented animals. In vertebrates,
somites subdivide into the
dermatomes, myotomes,
sclerotomes and
syndetomes that give rise to the vertebrae...
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sensation is
preserved in the
sacral dermatomes, even
though sensation may be more
impaired in other,
higher dermatomes below the
level of the lesion. Sacral...
-
distribution (
dermatomes) of the
three sensory branches of the
trigeminal nerve have
sharp borders with
relatively little overlap (unlike
dermatomes in the rest...
- the line
between two
adjacent dermatomes that are not
represented by
immediately adjacent spinal levels.
Although dermatomes are
shown to be
discrete segments...
- tingling, pricking, or numbness). Pain can be mild to
severe in the
affected dermatome, with
sensations that are
often described as stinging, tingling, aching...
- is
followed by
appearance of a rash with
small blisters along a
single dermatome. It can be
confirmed by
quick laboratory tests.
Acute Lyme radiculopathy...
- the Latin: radicula, lit. 'small root'), is pain "radiated"
along the
dermatome (sensory distribution) of a
nerve due to
inflammation or
other irritation...
