Which is a description of abdominal visceral pain?
A) Visceral pain is diffuse,vague,poorly localized and dull.
B) Nerve fibers for visceral pain travel from a specific organ to the spinal cord.
C) Visceral pain lateralizes because the viscera is innervated from only one side of the nervous system.
D) Visceral pain is intermittent in concert with the peristalsis of the gastrointestinal tract.

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Abdominal visceral pain is diffuse, vague, poorly localized and dull. This is because the pain comes from the internal organs and is carried by different types of nerve fibers than those carrying signals for skin pain.

Answer: B
 Nerve fibers for visceral pain do not travel from a specific organ to the spinal cord. Instead, they travel with sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves back to the spinal cord where they converge with other pain signals.

Answer: C
 Visceral pain does not lateralize because the viscera is innervated from both sides of the nervous system. This means that pain signals from different organs can converge at the same spinal cord level and cause referred pain.

Answer: D
 Visceral pain is not typically intermittent in concert with the peristalsis of the gastrointestinal tract. While some gastrointestinal conditions can cause increased pain during contractions, visceral pain is generally constant or intermittently dull.

Which Is a Description of Abdominal Visceral Pain