Nervous
dermatome
DER-mah-tohm
StatusNew
Definition
Area of skin supplied by sensory fibers from a single spinal nerve root
AnatomyNervous
Breakdown
Root
dermat/o
skin
Suffix
-tome
section
Etymology
Greek: dermat/o (skin) + -tome (section)
DER-mah-tohm
Area of skin supplied by sensory fibers from a single spinal nerve root
skin
section
Greek: dermat/o (skin) + -tome (section)