A Patient with Lack of Oxygen to His Heart Will

Multiple Choice

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

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 the areas experiencing pain.
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.