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  2. Dermatome (anatomy) - Wikipedia

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    Some referred pain due to visceral sensations refer to dermatomes that send fibers to the same level of spinal cord. A dermatome is an area of skin supplied by sensory neurons that arise from a spinal nerve ganglion. Symptoms that follow a dermatome (e.g. like pain or a rash) may indicate a pathology that involves the related nerve root ...

  3. Cutaneous innervation - Wikipedia

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    The peripheral nervous system (PNS) is divided into the somatic nervous system, the autonomic nervous system, and the enteric nervous system.However, it is the somatic nervous system, responsible for body movement and the reception of external stimuli, which allows one to understand how cutaneous innervation is made possible by the action of specific sensory fibers located on the skin, as well ...

  4. Somite - Wikipedia

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    The dermatome is the dorsal portion of the paraxial mesoderm somite which gives rise to the skin . In the human embryo, it arises in the third week of embryogenesis . [ 2 ] It is formed when a dermomyotome (the remaining part of the somite left when the sclerotome migrates), splits to form the dermatome and the myotome. [ 2 ]

  5. Dermatome - Wikipedia

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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 embryonic paraxial mesoderm, the somite, which gives rise to dermis

  6. Skill testing question - Wikipedia

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    A court decision ruled that a mathematical STQ must contain at least three operations to actually be a test of skill. [4] For example, a sample question is "(16 × 5) - (12 ÷ 4)" (Answer: 77). The winner should not receive any assistance (e.g. using a calculator, asking another individual to calculate the answer for the winner) in answering ...

  7. Talk:Dermatome (anatomy) - Wikipedia

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    "A dermatome is an area of skin that is mainly supplied by a single spinal nerve. There are eight cervical nerves, twelve thoracic nerves, five lumbar nerves and five ...

  8. Skin grafting - Wikipedia

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    In order to remove the thin and well preserved skin slices and strips from the donor, surgeons use a special surgical instrument called a dermatome. This usually produces a split-thickness skin graft, which contains the epidermis with only a portion of the dermis.

  9. Myotome - Wikipedia

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    Similarly a dermatome is an area of skin that a single nerve innervates with sensory fibers. Myotomes are separated by myosepta (singular: myoseptum ). [ 2 ] In vertebrate embryonic development , a myotome is the part of a somite that develops into muscle.