Jerry was in a terrible tractor accident, and after several days in the hospital doctors decided that his left leg had to be amputated
Six months later after he has come home, Jerry often feels pain and itching in the area of his left leg, even though it has been removed. This is referred to as ________ pain.
a) post-amputation traumatic
b) hysterical extremity
c) neurogenic
d) phantom limb
ANS: D, Disrupted or changing signals in the somatosensory cortex may be responsible for an amputee's experience of phantom limb pain.
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