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Does the heart have pain receptors?
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Not Really: There are no direct nerves in the heart, but there are nerves in the tissues which surround the heart, particularly the pericardial sack and the "cardiac plexuses." hence, heart pain is often felt as "referred" pain which seems to come from somewhere else like the shoulder.
Answered 11/25/2018
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