An individual who has had a limb amputated,but continues to experience sensation and feelings that appear to be from that limb,experiences:
A) ghost pain
B) nonregenerated pain perception
C) phantom limb
D) limb plasticity

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The individual is experiencing phantom limb sensations, which is the feeling that the limb is still present despite being amputated. Ghost pain and nonregenerated pain perception are also terms used to describe the experience of pain in a missing limb, but they are less specific. Limb plasticity refers to the brain's ability to reorganize itself after an injury or amputation, but it is not directly related to the sensation of a phantom limb.

An Individual Who Has Had a Limb Amputated,but Continues to Experience