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dermatome::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Type of | surgical instrument |
Examples of dermatome
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Herpes zoster may have additional symptoms, depending on the dermatome involved.
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Brown dermatome, the first with powered rotation to be developed, used mostly for large skin grafts.
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The shingles rash-small fluid-filled blisters resembling chickenpox-breaks out along dermatome lines on one side of the face or body.
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Afterwards, dermatomes which were operated by air pressure, such as the Brown dermatome, achieved higher speed and precision.
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Pain in any viscera is perceived as referred pain, more specifically pain from the dermatome corresponding to the spinal segment.
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A dermatome is a surgical instrument used to produce thin slices of skin from a donor area, in order to use them for making skin grafts.
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- A surgical instrument used to cut very thin slices of skin
- 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 sacral nerves. Each of these nerves relays sensation (including pain) from a particular region of skin to the brain.
- (Dermatomes) are useful in neurology for finding the site of damage to the spine.
- An instrument that resembles an electric razor and has an oscillating blade that moves back and forth to evenly "skim" off the surface layers of skin that surround the craters or other facial defects.
- A map that shows typical function for various levels of spinal cord injury. May also refer to the area of the skin innervated by the sensory axons with each segmental nerve (root).
- An area of the skin that is known to be served by a specific spinal nerve.
- Area of skin supplied by one spinal segment.
- A band of skin that receive sensations through a single nerve. Shingles usually affects one or more isolated dermatomes.
- Cutaneous receptive field of a spinal dorsal root
