Referred pain is the perception of pain in a region of the body that is not the actual source of that pain. One of the most common examples of this would be the radiating pain down the left arm experienced during a heart attack. What is the anatomical...

Pain that is perceived as being located at a site that is distant from the actual site of injury or disease. It most commonly arises from disorders in the internal organs. It occurs because the brain contains no representation of the internal organs....

Referred pain is a phenomenon used to describe pain perceived at a site adjacent to or at a distance from the site of an injury's origin. One of the best examples of this is during ischaemia brought on by an angina pectoris, or heart attack. Even though...