After Amputation of a Limb, What Might You Might Expect

question 72

Multiple Choice

After amputation of a limb, what might you might expect that in the area of the motor cortex that originally sent information to that missing limb

• A) nothing changes as the motor cortex in this area and adjacent areas is still devoted to sending signals to that limb
• B) the motor cortex in this area and adjacent areas becomes devoted to sending signals to the intact limbs
• C) less motor cortex becomes devoted to sending signals to both the intact and amputated limb than before the injury
• D) more than one of the above is possible
• Answer :

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Definitions:

Prototype

An original model on which something is patterned or based.

Mental Image

A representation of sensory information or experiences in one's mind, which does not currently exist in the physical world.

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Heuristic

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