A dermatome is an area of skin that gets its sensation from a specific spinal nerve root. Spinal nerves exist in 31 pairs, one on each side of the spine. These nerves send signals for things like ...

The dermatome gap was documented with the use of the cremasteric reflex, the receptive field of which ends sharply at the gap which allows its delineation. RESULTS Thirty two of 50 patients had a ...

This is because each spinal nerve root—one on each side of the body—services a specific area of skin called a dermatome. When a shingles outbreak occurs, only that dermatome on that side of ...