cortex
IPA: kˈɔrtɛks
noun
- (countable, anatomy) The outer layer of an internal organ or body structure, such as the kidney or the brain.
- (uncountable, botany) The tissue of a stem or root that lies inward from the epidermis, but exterior to the vascular tissue.
- (archaeology) The outer surface of a piece of flint.
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Examples of "cortex" in Sentences
- The next layer is the inner cortex.
- Avoid penetration of the endplate and the anterior cortex.
- Retinotopy mapping shapes the folding of the cerebral cortex.
- Assuming their cerebral cortex is still intact and functioning.
- The infraciliature is one of the main component of the cell cortex.
- The cerebral cortex is also used in the storing of semantic memories.
- A decoction of the cortex is recommended for anemia and constipation.
- Utilizable receptors are whole brain cortex, human cortex, and striatum.
- The central sulcus is a fold in the cerebral cortex of brains in vertebrates.
- The caudate works with the putamen to receive the input from cerebral cortex.
- The occipital lobes are the smallest of four lobes in the human cerebral cortex.
- The visual cortex is being cued, at a subliminal but pervasive level, that what is being seen is real.
- And the prefrontal cortex is even more involved in detecting novelty, like the unexpected photographs, he said.
- The frontal cortex is cream and pale green, the visual cortex a mix of blue, purple and turquoise while the hippocampus is made up of baby pink wool.
- The 'impact' of the knowledge of the cell architecture and the orientation of its dendrites on the clarification of the structure and function of the cerebellar cortex is explained in this drawing of the cerebellar cortex (D).
- The extension and orientation of dendrites of the Purkinje cells provided a key for the understanding of how the cerebellar cortex is built up and works (the same could be stated for all other structures of the brain, in which how neuronal processes are arranged is the prerequisite for their functioning).
- In a newly funded five-year project, the John Hopkins researchers will be trying to identify precisely what aberrant pattern of neural activity in the auditory cortex is associated with the onset of tinnitus, monitoring over-all brain activity in tinnitus sufferers, and experimenting with the compounds that might be able to suppress the condition.