In a case of chest pain with pericarditis and pericardial effussion, pain is referred by: (A) Phrenic nerve, (B) Superficial cardiac plexus, (C) Deep cardiac plexus, (D) Vagus nerve
Answer is A. The fibrous and parietal pericardia are supplied by phrenic nerves.They are sensitive to pain.Pain of pericarditis originates in the parietal pericardium alone. B D CHAURASIA'S HUMAN ANATOMY UPPER LIMB THORAX-VOLUME-1 SIXTH EDITION Page no-251