cortical
IPA: kˈɔrtʌkʌɫ
adjective
- (anatomy) Pertaining to the outer layer of an internal organ or body structure, such as the kidney or the brain.
- (botany) Pertaining to the cortex of a stem or root—the tissue that lies inward from the epidermis, but exterior to the vascular tissue.
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Examples of "cortical" in Sentences
- It is the exocytosis of the cortical granules.
- The thickness of different cortical areas varies.
- The cortical branches are named for the area they supply.
- Schizenzephaly is a rare cortical malformation of the brain.
- They were also important in the study of cortical plasticity.
- Therefore, Mrs. Schiavo had what's called cortical blindness.
- One common diagram of the somatotopic map is the cortical homunculus.
- The term pellis refers to the cellular cortical layers of a mushroom.
- The gene is implicated in the regulation of brain cortical patterning.
- The thalamus then innervates the cortical division of the limbic forebrain.
- The cortical part of the cingulate gyrus is referred to as cingulate cortex.
- The term cortical column is also often used in non-ontogenetic contexts (for review on functional aspects, see
- These are the follicles in their earliest condition, and the layer where they are found has been termed the cortical layer.
- The term cortical column is also often used in non-ontogenetic contexts, thereby broadening its meaning with respect to the more precise
- Studies show that being in a state of love increases your brain power and clarity through a physiological response called cortical facilitation.
- This wave—known as "cortical spreading depression"—activates nerve cells as it goes, and the symptoms sufferers report typically correspond to the area of the brain the wave is passing over.
- The parts dipping in between the pyramids are named the renal columns (Bertini), while the portions which connect the renal columns to each other and intervene between the bases of the pyramids and the fibrous tunic are called the cortical arches (indicated between A and A in Fig. 1127).
- Anatomy shows where in the brains these first principles are; it teaches that there are two brains; that these are continued from the head into the spinal column; that they consist of two substances, called cortical substance and medullary substance; that cortical substance consists of innumerable gland-like forms, and medullary substance of innumerable fiber-like forms.