A Patient with Lack of Oxygen to His Heart Will

question 13

Multiple Choice

A patient with lack of oxygen to his heart will have pain in his chest and also possibly the shoulder,arms,or jaw.Which of the following best explains why this occurs?

• A)There is a problem with the sensory cortex and its ability to discriminate the location.
• B)The lack of oxygen in his heart has resulted in decreased amount of oxygen to these areas.
• C)The sensory cortex does not have the ability to localize pain in the heart,so the pain is felt elsewhere.
• D)There is a lesion in the dorsal root that is preventing the sensation from being transmitted normally.

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