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Dermatome
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dermatome [′dər·mə‚tōm]
(anatomy)
An area of skin delimited by the supply of sensory fibers from a single spinal nerve.
(embryology)
Lateral portion of an embryonic somite from which the dermis will develop.
(medicine)
Instrument for cutting skin for grafting.
Dermatome 

cutis plate, the embryonic basis of the connective-tissue part of the skin, or dermis. (The dermis is also formed from some of the cells of the ganglionic plate that develops from the neural columns.)
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At" the LOI was defined as a band of dermatomes including the dermatome of the neurological LOI defined by the ASIA examination and three dermatomes below this level, and "below" the LOI was defined as areas at least four dermatomes below the neurological LOI [50].
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This impingement can cause pain in both upper and lower limbs and a numbness or tingling sensations in the hands and feet due to the nerves supplying sensation to their dermatomes.
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On examination, he had hyperesthesia in the sensory dermatomes of both median nerves, a positive Tinel sign in the wrists, and a mild decrease in thumb abduction bilaterally.
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