sensory system perceives that it is seeing two hands instead of one, therefore allowing the sensory system to control the "phantom limb". By doing this, the sensory system can gradually get acclimated to the amputated limb, and thus alleviate this syndrome. Other animals Hydrodynamic reception is a form of mechanoreception used in a range of animal species. Additional images See also Sensory nerve Pseudounipolar neuron Efferent nerve Neural coding Posterior column Receptive field Sensory system References External links The major classes of somatic sensory receptors Afferent neurons Human cells Sensory receptors Receptor cells