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Dermatome is the area of the skin supplied by a spinal sensory nerve root. Since the nerve roots come in pairs, the dermatome on one side of the body is a mirror image of the other (see Fig. 1). The numbers in figure refer to the level at which the nerve roots enter the spinal vertebrae.
Approximate distribution of the segments of the skin represented by the various dorsal roots of the spinal cord
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Mendoza, J.E. (2018). Dermatome. In: Kreutzer, J.S., DeLuca, J., Caplan, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57111-9_725
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