A Patient with a Lack of Oxygen to His Heart

Multiple Choice

A patient with a lack of oxygen to his heart will have pain in his chest and possibly in the shoulder, arms, or jaw. The nurse knows that the best explanation why this occurs is which one of these statements?

A) A problem exists 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 the areas experiencing the pain.
C) The sensory cortex does not have the ability to localize pain in the heart; consequently, the pain is felt elsewhere.
D) A lesion has developed in the dorsal root, which is preventing the sensation from being transmitted normally.