Dermatome may refer to:
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Dermatome (anatomy)
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 (C1 being an exception with no dermatome),
12 thoracic nerves,
5 lumbar nerves and 5 ...
, an area of skin that is supplied by a single pair of dorsal roots
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Dermatome (embryology)
The somites (outdated term: primitive segments) are a set of bilaterally paired blocks of paraxial mesoderm that form in the embryonic stage of somitogenesis, along the head-to-tail axis in segmented animals. In vertebrates, somites subdivide i ...
, the portion of the embryonic paraxial mesoderm, the somite, which gives rise to dermis
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Dermatome (instrument)
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 reconstituting skin areas damaged by grade 3 burns or trauma.
Dermatomes can be operated eithe ...
, a surgical instrument used to produce thin slices of skin
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