Referred Pain Flashcards
1
Q
How are pain fibres from viscera transmitted?
A
Via C fibres
only transmit poorly localised types of pain, crampy
2
Q
Parietal peritoneum innervation and pain
A
innervated by extensions of peripheral spinal nerves, which carry same pain sensations as those that overlie dermatomes.
Sharp, localized pain
3
Q
Referred pain
A
visceral pain is referred to sites that had embryonic origination
4
Q
Stomach referred pain
A
epigastric
top of back
5
Q
Liver referred pain
A
curve to back around right hypochondriac area
right shoulder
6
Q
Gallbladder referred pain
A
Right hypochondriac
curve to back and upwards
right shoulder
7
Q
Duodenum referred pain
A
epigastric
right shoulder
8
Q
Kidney and ureter pain
A
curve starts at left iliac area. curves upwards and around to left middle of back
