Definition of dermatome in English:
dermatome
noun ˈdəːmətəʊmˈdərməˌtoʊm
Embryology 1The lateral wall of each somite in a vertebrate embryo, giving rise to the connective tissue of the skin.
Compare with myotome, sclerotome
Example sentencesExamples
- In the embryo dermatomes can be represented as horizontal stripes on the body surface.
- In the thoracic region, the myotome has grown ventrally to meet the ventral edge of the dermatome, the cells have become spindle shaped.
- The dermatomes do no more than represent the original relationship of the limb buds to the trunk at the earliest stage of development of the embryo.
- 1.1Physiology An area of the skin supplied by nerves from a single spinal root.
Example sentencesExamples
- The pain is associated with partial weakness in the muscles supplied by the involved nerve root and sensory loss in the appropriate dermatome.
- Referred pain has many of the characteristics of parietal pain but is felt in remote areas supplied by the same dermatome as the diseased organ.
- The characteristic vesicular rash of herpes zoster usually affects a single dermatome and rarely crosses the midline.
- Another symptom may be referred pain in a related dermatome or myotome; for example diffused pain in the buttock or thigh.
- Although any vertebral dermatome may be involved, T5 and T6 are most commonly affected.
Definition of dermatome in US English:
dermatome
nounˈdərməˌtōmˈdərməˌtoʊm
Embryology 1The lateral wall of each somite in a vertebrate embryo, giving rise to the connective tissue of the skin.
Compare with myotome, sclerotome
Example sentencesExamples
- In the embryo dermatomes can be represented as horizontal stripes on the body surface.
- The dermatomes do no more than represent the original relationship of the limb buds to the trunk at the earliest stage of development of the embryo.
- In the thoracic region, the myotome has grown ventrally to meet the ventral edge of the dermatome, the cells have become spindle shaped.
- 1.1Physiology An area of the skin supplied by nerves from a single spinal root.
Example sentencesExamples
- The characteristic vesicular rash of herpes zoster usually affects a single dermatome and rarely crosses the midline.
- Although any vertebral dermatome may be involved, T5 and T6 are most commonly affected.
- Another symptom may be referred pain in a related dermatome or myotome; for example diffused pain in the buttock or thigh.
- The pain is associated with partial weakness in the muscles supplied by the involved nerve root and sensory loss in the appropriate dermatome.
- Referred pain has many of the characteristics of parietal pain but is felt in remote areas supplied by the same dermatome as the diseased organ.