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skin nerve field

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0007121

A zone of skin that is mainly innervated by a single sensory nerve. A nerve field innervated by exactly one dorsal root is called a dermatome. [ http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]

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human_reference_atlas

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Examples: V1, V2 and V3 distributions of the trigeminal nerve; the zone of skin innervated by S2

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/Dermatomes_and_cutaneous_nerves_-_posterior.png

has related synonym

dermatome segment of skin, dermatomic area, peripheral nerve field, dermatome

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UBERON:0007121

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Dermatome segment of skin

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606