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What is the area of skin innervated by the single spinal or cranial nerve called?
Dermatome
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What is the area of the skin innervated by a single spinal or cranial nerve called?
Dermatome
Muscle inserts into the mastoid process?
Posterior Belly of Digastric Muscle (innervated by CN VII) Facial nerve Sternocleidomastoid (innervated by CN XI) Spinal accessory nerve Longissimus Capitis (innervated by dorsal rami of C3-C8 spinal nerves) Splenius Capitis (innervated by dorsal rami of middle cervical spinal nerves)
What is The area of skin innervated by a spinal nerve called?
Dermatome
The area of skin innervated by a single spinal nerve is called a?
The area of skin innervated by a single spinal nerve is called a dermatome. Each spinal nerve corresponds to specific segments of the skin, and dermatomes can help in diagnosing certain medical conditions by identifying areas of sensory loss or abnormal sensation. Understanding dermatomes is essential in clinical practice, especially in pain management and neurological assessments.
Which cavity contains the spinal and cranial cavities?
The cranial cavity contains the brain, pineal and hypophysis cerebri, parts of the cranial and spinal nerves, blood vessels, meninges and cerebrospinal fluid.
What are the sensory region monitored by the dorsal rami of a single spinal segment?
The dorsal rami of a single spinal segment monitor sensory information from the skin on the back of the body, including the muscles and joints in that region. They provide sensation for a specific dermatome, which is a specific area of skin innervated by the spinal nerves from that segment.
What contains the cranial nerve and spinal nerve?
Spinal Accessory Nerve
What is the section that demonstrates the continuity between the spinal and cranial cavities?
A midsaggital plane will show the continuity between the spinal and cranial cavities.
Muscles of the neck and shoulder are innervated by spinal nerves from what region?
Cervical region
Herniation of a cranial or spinal membrane?
meningocele
What is the name of the specific strip of skin that is innervated by a specific spinal nerve?
dermatome
The system is formed by spinal and cranial nerves?
somatic
