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Deffense [45]
3 years ago
6

Months after tonya's left index finger was severed in a factory accident, she noticed an increase in the sensitivity of the fing

ers near the missing one. the increased sensitivity is caused by:
Biology
1 answer:
mel-nik [20]3 years ago
7 0

This is caused by <span>somatosensory cortex area that used to receive input for the index finger which severed and as a result that area is now receiving input from the other nearby fingers casing the sensitivity to increase.
Neurons are the carriers of the feelings, pain, sensitivity etc to <span>somatosensory cortex and the served finger part's sensory feelings are being received by nearby fingers.</span></span>

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