MasteringA&P with Pearson eText -- ValuePack Access Card -- for Human Anatomy
MasteringA&P with Pearson eText -- ValuePack Access Card -- for Human Anatomy
9th Edition
ISBN: 9780134292335
Author: Frederic H. Martini, Robert B. Tallitsch, Judi L. Nath
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 14, Problem 5RFT
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Match the term dermatome with the most closely related description given below:

Tracts and columns

Specific region of body surface

Cervical plexus

Motor neuron axons

Sacral plexus

Lumbar plexus

Single bundle of axons

Involuntary motor response

Loose connective tissue, adipose tissue

Pectoral girdle/upper extremityen

Introduction:

The spinal nerves are divided into two branches, which are the ventral ramus and the dorsal ramus. The sensory fibers are distributed in the ventral and dorsal ramus. A single spinal nerve root monitoring a given area of the skin is called a dermatome.

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