The area of body surface innervated by a particular spinal nerve is called a:
A) dermatome.
B) nerve pathway.
C) spinal accessory area.
D) cutaneous zone.

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The sensory and motor fibers of each spinal nerve supply and receive information to a segment of skin known as a dermatome. Nerve pathway and spinal accessory area refer to nerve routes. Cutaneous zone refers to a skin area that transmits fine mechanical information and normal exogenous thermal information at the same time.

The Area of Body Surface Innervated by a Particular Spinal