GI (plus more MSK...oops) Flashcards
types of pain fibers associated w. abd organs (3)
visceral
somatoparietal
referred
colicky pain that is intense and then lets up
cramping, burning, gnawing
visceral pain
what causes visceral pain
distension of hollow organ
why is visceral pain dull and poorly localized to midline
both sides of spinal cord stimulated by afferent impulses
does visceral pain correspond to dermatomes
roughly
is visceral pain referred
+/-
can visceral pain be elicited on PE
nope!
intense pain that is precisely located
somatoparietal
cause of somatoparietal pain
noxious stimuli of parietal peritoneum
example of somatoparietal pain
McBurney’s point in appendicitis
somatoparietal pain is aggravated by
moving/coughing
impulses in somatosensory spinal nerves obviously travel w. __ spinal nerves,
but NOT with __
somatosensory
ANS fibers
does somatoparietal pain correspond to dermatomes
yep!
why does somatoparietal pain localize
only one side of parietal peritoneum is innervated by somatosensory fibers at any given location
can somatoparietal pain be elicited on PE
yep!
remote pain from a diseased organ
referred
in referred pain, __
and __ from different anatomic regions
converge on __
in the __ at the same level
visceral afferents
somatic afferents
second order neurons
spinal cord
is referred pain well localized
yep!
sure is!
ex of referred pain
subphrenic abscess → pain interpreted in brain as coming from shoulder
where is cholecystitis pain felt
initial: subphrenic
later: RUQ
where is diverticulitis pain felt
initial: lower abd
later: LLQ
heart pain is referred to
T1-T5
t/f: the distal great saphenous vein is deep
F!
it is superficial
t/f: DVT can occur in great sahenous vein
T!
proximal great saphenous is considered deep bc it feeds into the femoral
deep veins of the thigh/pelvis
tibialis → a/p
popliteal
femoral
deep femoral
common femoral
pelvic
proximal greater saph
where can arteries to the foot be palpated (2)
dorsalis pedis
posterior tibial
dorsalis pedis pulse is between the __
and __ muscles
extensor hallicus longus
extensor digitorum longus
where is the posterior tibialis pulse located
postero-inferior to medial malleolus