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Referred Pain?  Pain Viscera Mistakenly Thought Skin Superficial

Referred pain is pain in a viscus mistakenly thought to come from the skin or another superficial site, resulting from the convergence of neural pathways in the CNS.

Ο αναφερόμενος πόνος είναι πόνος σε σπλάχνο που λανθασμένα πιστεύεται ότι προέρχεται από το δέρμα ή άλλη επιφανειακή περιοχή, λόγω σύγκλισης νευρικών οδών στο ΚΝΣ.

Front What is referred pain? 
Back 1. pain in viscera mistakenly thought to come from the skin or other superficial site 
2. Results from convergence of neural pathways in CNS

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