I am a medical student and need some
clarification on some matters. If any of
the members are doctors or can help me, I
would be very much obliged to them.
I was wondering why is pain in
appendicitis reflected in the
periumbilical area. I am aware that the
aesthetic nerves climb all the way up to
the superior mesenteric ganglia. There,
they acquire fibres from the visceral
nerves, as well as the t9-l1 ganglia. I
am also aware that the same ganglia lead
to the dermotomes in the periumbilical
area. Is this why ache is reflected
there? Or has it anything to do with
their embryological origins? Thanx in
advance.
