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Created page with "A Dermatome is an area of skin supplied by sensory nerve fibers from a single spinal nerve root. There are 30 defined dermatomes in the body—divided into cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, and coccygeal sections—that form a neurological map of your body. Along the thorax and abdomen, the dermatomes are like a stack of discs forming a human, each supplied by a different spinal nerve. Along the arms and the legs, the pattern is different: the dermatomes run longi..." |
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[[File:Grant 1962 663.png|thumb|A colour-coded diagram showing the approximate locations of human dermatomes.<ref>[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grant_1962_663.png wiki]</ref> | |||
A [[Dermatome]] is an area of skin supplied by sensory nerve fibers from a single spinal nerve root. There are 30 defined dermatomes in the body—divided into cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, and coccygeal sections—that form a neurological map of your body. | A [[Dermatome]] is an area of skin supplied by sensory nerve fibers from a single spinal nerve root. There are 30 defined dermatomes in the body—divided into cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, and coccygeal sections—that form a neurological map of your body. | ||
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* Thoracic (T1-T12): Innervate the chest, abdomen, and middle of the back. | * Thoracic (T1-T12): Innervate the chest, abdomen, and middle of the back. | ||
* Lumbar (L1-L5): Innervate the front of the legs, knees, and upper/outer parts of the feet. | * Lumbar (L1-L5): Innervate the front of the legs, knees, and upper/outer parts of the feet. | ||
* Sacral (S1-S5): Innervate the groin, genitals, buttocks, and the back of the legs.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dermatome_(anatomy) Dermatome</ref> | * Sacral (S1-S5): Innervate the groin, genitals, buttocks, and the back of the legs.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dermatome_(anatomy) Dermatome]</ref> | ||