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  2. Dermatome (anatomy) - Wikipedia

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    A dermatome is an area of skin that is mainly supplied by afferent nerve fibres from the dorsal root of any given spinal nerve. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] There are 8 cervical nerves (C1 being an exception with no dermatome), 12 thoracic nerves , 5 lumbar nerves and 5 sacral nerves .

  3. File:Dermatoms.svg - Wikipedia

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    English: A diagram showing human dermatomes, i.e., skin regions with respect to the routing of their afferent nerves through the spinal cord. Svenska: Människans dermatom, sensoriska zonindelning. Date

  4. Axial line (dermatomes) - Wikipedia

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    Posterior Dermatomes. The axial line is the line between two adjacent dermatomes that are not represented by immediately adjacent spinal levels. Although dermatomes are shown to be discrete segments on dermatomal maps (like in the image opposite), they are in fact not; adjacent dermatomes overlap with one another.

  5. File:Dermatomes and cutaneous nerves - anterior.png - Wikipedia

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    Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 09:09, 17 October 2010: 836 × 1,700 (329 KB): Mikael Häggström: minor label adjustment: 08:09, 17 October 2010

  6. Blaschko's lines - Wikipedia

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    Alfred Blaschko, a private practice dermatologist from Berlin, first described and drew the patterns of the lines of Blaschko in 1901. He obtained his data by studying over 140 patients with various nevoid and acquired skin diseases and transposed the visible patterns the diseases followed onto dolls and statues, then compiled the patterns onto a composite schematic of the human body.

  7. Peripheral nerve field - Wikipedia

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    An area innervated by a single dorsal root is called a dermatome. Neurologists rely on maps of dermatomes and peripheral nerve fields to diagnose areas of nerve damage based on somasthetic or proprioceptive deficits in specific dermatomes and peripheral nerve fields.

  8. The Overdue, Under-Told Story Of The Clitoris

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    From ancient history to the modern day, the clitoris has been discredited, dismissed and deleted -- and women's pleasure has often been left out of the conversation entirely. Now, an underground art movement led by artist Sophia Wallace is emerging across the globe to challenge the lies, question the myths and rewrite the rules around sex and the female body.

  9. Cutaneous innervation of the lower limbs - Wikipedia

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    Lumboinguinal nerve (green) and Ilioinguinal nerve (purple). In modern texts, these two regions are often considered to be innervated by the genitofemoral nerve.; Medial cluneal nerves (pink) - labeled as "post. division of sacral"