Map of Referred Pain

Referred pain occurs when nerves from two different anatomic sites converge onto the same neuronal pathway in the spinal cord. When the pain signal reaches the brain 🧠, the two sites may conflate, resulting in perceived pain from one part of the body referred to another 

— Gallbladder

— Appendix

— Heart

— Lungs and diaphragm

— Liver

— Heart

— Liver

— Stomach

— Pancreas

— Small intestine

— Ovaries

— Colon

— Kidneys

— Urinary bladder

— Ureters



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