Pain felt away from its original actual site
:EXAMPLES OF REFERRED PAIN
Cardiac pain: angina pectoris or ischaemia of
cardiac muscle leads to stimulation of pain receptors .impulses pass into the spinal cord through the 2nd to 5th thoracic spinal nerves cardiac pain is referred mainly to the base of the neck,shoulders,left arm and retrosternal
Biliary and Gall Bladder pain: it is referred to midepigastrium and to small area at the tip of the right scapula
Renal pain: pain from pelvis of the kidney or ureter is referred to the inguinal region,testicle and scrotum
:Inflammation of appendix
pain from inflamed appendix pass through sympathatic fibers and enter into spinal cord.referred to an area around the umbilicus and right iliac fossa