1) Dermatologic procedure 2) Surgical instrument 3) Surgical instrument
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[anatomy] A dermatome is an area of skin that is mainly supplied by a single spinal nerve. There are 8 cervical nerves (C1 being an exception with no dermatome), 12 thoracic nerves, 5 lumbar nerves and 5 sacral nerves. Each of these nerves relays sensation (including pain) from a particular region of skin to the brain. Along the thorax and ...
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[embryology] The dermatome is the dorsal portion of the paraxial mesoderm somite which gives rise to dermis. It arises in the third week of embryogenesis.It is formed when a dermamyotome (the remaining part of the somite left when the sclerotome migrates), splits to form the dermatome and the myotome.The dermatomes contribute to the skin (d...
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[instrument] 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. One of its main applications is for reconstituting skin areas damaged by grade 3 burns or trauma. Dermatomes can be operated either manually or electrically. The first drum dermatomes, develop...
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(from the article `chickenpox`) ...cause of reactivation is not known. Upon reactivation, the virus travels along a nerve to the skin and causes herpes zoster. In most cases the ... ...embryonic spine becomes divided. Collectively, the somites constitute the vertebral plate. Out of the somites arise the sclerotome, forerunner of ... ...
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The area of skin innervated by a single posterior spinal nerve (sensory nerve). ... (27 Sep 1997) ...
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(dur´mә-tōm) the area of skin supplied with afferent nerve fibers by a single posterior spinal root. Anterior and posterior views of the dermatomes. Each segment is named for the principal spinal nerve serving it. V, trigeminal segments; C, cervical segments; T, thoracic segme...
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Type: Term Pronunciation: der′mă-tōm Definitions: 1. A power-driven or mechanical instrument used to cut thin sections of epidermis or dermis for grafting, or to excise small lesions. 2. The dorsolateral part of an embryonic somite. 3. The area of skin supplied by cutaneous branches of a single cranial or spinal nerve; neighboring d...
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Dermatome: (1) A localized area of skin that is has its sensation via a single nerve from a single nerve root of the spinal cord. Shingles (herpes zoster) typically affects one or several isolated dermatomes. (2) A dermatome is also a cutting instrument used for skin grafting or slicing thin pieces of skin.
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A dermatome is the area of sensory nerves near the skin that are supplied by a specific spinal nerve root. The body can be divided into regions that are mainly supplied by a single spinal nerve. There are eight cervical (one for the head, and one for each cervical vertebra), twelve thoracic, five lumbar and five sacral spinal nerves. Dermatomes are...
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[
n] - a surgical instrument used to cut very thin slices of skin
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noun a surgical instrument used to cut very thin slices of skin
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Greek derma = skin, tome = a cutting or division, hence a segment of skin supplied by a single spinal ganglion.
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an area of skin that is supplied with the nerve fibers of a single, posterior, spinal root. · a mechanical instrument for cutting thin sections of skin for grafting. · the part of a mesodermal somite contributing to the development of the dermis.
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