How can abdominal pain that is visceral in nature best be described?
a. Diffuse, vague, poorly localized, and dull
b. It travels from a specific organ to the spinal cord.
c. The pain lateralizes from only one side of the nervous system.
d. Associated with the peristalsis of the gastrointestinal tract
Ans: a. Diffuse, vague, poorly localized, and dull
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