Definition A dermatome is an area of the skin that is autonomously innervated by the nerve fibres of a specific spinal cord root (spinal nerve root). The name “dermatome” comes from the Greek and is composed of the words for skin and section. The understanding of dermatomes is of great importance in medicine for various … Dermatome
Transmission from internal organs Internal organs also transmit sensations that arise in them partly via the spinal nerves. Sometimes, however, the brain does not succeed in assigning the signals received in this way to an exact location, as is possible for skin areas. As a result, the sensations originating from the organ are transmitted to … Transmission from internal organs | Dermatome
