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Irritation of diaphragm radiates to right shoulder is called?
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Kehrs sign: Kehr's sign is an example of referred pain: irritation of the diaphragm causes pain in the area above the collarbone/shoulder. This is because the supraclavicular nerves (shoulder) have the same cervical nerves origin as the phrenic nerve (diaphragm), C3 and c4. 'mixing' of signals.
Answered 3/25/2019
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