dermatome

dermatome /der·ma·tome/ (der´mah-tōm)

1. an instrument for cutting thin skin slices for grafting.

2. the area of skin supplied with afferent nerve fibers by a single posterior spinal root.

3. the lateral part of an embryonic somite.

Harvesting of a large split-thickness skin graft with an electric dermatome.

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der·ma·tome (dûrm-tm)

n.

1. An area of skin innervated by sensory fibers from a single spinal nerve.

2. An instrument used in cutting thin slices of the skin, as for skin grafts.

3. The part of a mesodermal somite from which the dermis develops. Also called cutis plate.

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dermatome

[dur′mətōm]

Etymology: Gk, derma + temnein, to cut

1 (in embryology) the mesodermal layer in the early developing embryo that gives rise to the dermal layers of the skin.

2 (in surgery) an instrument used to cut thin slices of skin for grafting.

3 an area on the surface of a body innervated by afferent fibers from one spinal root.

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dermatome,

n an area of skin innervated by a single spinal nerve and its branches. Dermatomes may overlap.

Dermatome.

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dermatome

(dur´mtōm´),
n 1. an instrument for cutting thin slices or layers of skin for grafting or for sequentially removing small lesions.
2. dermatologic regions of sensory innervation supplied by particular posterior root spinal nerves.

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dermatome

1. an instrument for cutting thin skin slices for grafting.

2. the area of skin supplied with afferent nerve fibers by a single dorsal spinal root.

3. the lateral part of an embryonic somite.

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Brown dermatome

an electric or pneumatic instrument used for cutting split-thickness skin grafts.