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Neurology T3
Topic 6 - Pain part 2 : Referred Pain
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11/16/2011
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Term
What term is used to describe pain that arises from one structure and is felt in a region remote from the site of pathology (ie: visceral or vascular pain)?
 Definition
heterotopic pain
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Triggers points are an example of what type of pain?
 Definition

Triggers points are examples of somatic pain

 

*referred pain used to emphasize the skeletal origin for this form of pain*
Term

True or False?

 

A pain getting worse because of palpating the chest means it is referred from the heart.

 Definition

False

 

A pain getting worse because of palpating the chest is not being referred from the heart.
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