Dermatome

In anatomy, a dermatome is an area of skin that is supplied by a single pair of spinal nerves.

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.

This innervates the body in a patterned form. Along the thorax and abdomen it is simply 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 longitudinally along the limbs.

Dermatomes are useful for finding the site of damage to the spine.

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Dermatome

Modern Translations: Dermatome

Language		Translations for "dermatome"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		dermatom. (various references)

Dutch		dermatoom, dermatoma. (various references)

Finnish		dermatomi, iholevy, ihojaoke. (various references)

French		dermotome, dermoblaste, dermatome, dermatomère, zone radiculaire de sensibilité tactile, zone radiculaire, rhizomère, couteau � greffe. (various references)

German		Dermatom, Hautmesser. (various references)

Greek		δερμοτόμιο, δερμοτόμος. (various references)

Italian		dermotomo, dermoblasto, dermatotomo, dermatomo, dermatomero, dermatoblasto, zona radicolare a sensibilit� tattile, zona radicolare. (various references)

Pig Latin		ermatomeday

Portuguese		dermatoma. (various references)

Spanish		dermatomo. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations & Misspellings: Dermatome

Derivations
	Words beginning with "dermatome": dermatomes. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Dermatome" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Dermato, dermatoma, dermatron, desmotomy, Dimatima, teratoma. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Anagrams: Dermatome

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-m-m-o-r-t"
	-1 letter: moderate.
	-2 letters: ammeter, metamer, remated, trammed.
	-3 letters: dammer, demote, derate, dreamt, emerod, emoted, emoter, marmot, marted, meated, meteor, metred, moated, oedema, orated, radome, rammed, reamed, redate, remade, remate, remote, reteam, roamed, teamed, teared, teredo, termed, tommed.
	-4 letters: adeem, adore, ameer, amort, arete, armed, armet, dater, derat, derma, deter, doter, dream, eared, eater, edema, emmer.
	Words containing the letters "a-d-e-e-m-m-o-r-t"
	+1 letter: dermatomes, immoderate.
	+2 letters: dynamometer.
	+3 letters: commemorated, commiserated, dynamometers, immoderately.
	+4 letters: compartmented, dynamometries, melodramatise, melodramatize, metamorphosed.
	+5 letters: immoderateness, melodramatised, melodramatises, melodramatized, melodramatizes, recommendation, recommendatory.
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