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US
/ˈkɔɹtɛks/
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[ UK /kˈɔːtɛks/ ]
[ UK /kˈɔːtɛks/ ]
NOUN
- the tissue that surrounds the lens nucleus
- the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum
- the tissue forming the outer layer of an organ or structure in plant or animal
How To Use cortex In A Sentence
- If you think of a piece of hair as a pencil, the medulla is the graphite, the cortex is the wood, and the paint on the outside is the cuticle. The Tenth Circle
- The voluntary muscles are regulated by the parts of the brain known as the cerebral motor cortex and the cerebellum.
- Anyway, what it shows is that the frontal cortex, where reasoning occurs, is deactivated, meaning that during the BIG O, the male of our species becomes, well, dumb. The Return of Ask Dr. SoT
- This is consistent with the proposal that the cerebellar cortex contains an internal representation of gravitational torques which is encoded through a learning process. PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
- That said, it is interesting to note that a recent autopsy examination of Einstein's preserved brain did uncover extra tissue in the parietal cortex, which mediates spatial cognition.
- The latter, an electrical encephalogram, would pick up any remaining spark of electrical activity in the cortex of her brain, the stuff of walking and talking. Mortal Remains
- The sexual sweat, but not the normal sweat, activated the right orbitofrontal cortex and the right fusiform cortex, brain areas that help us recognize emotions and perceive things, respectively.
- The visual cortex was permanently damaged. Times, Sunday Times
- This stimulus results in the secretion of corticotropin into plasma, stimulation of corticotropin receptors in the adrenal cortex, and release of cortisol into the blood.
- OBJECTIVE To establish a method of the determination of the active constituent puerarin in Health Pill and Gegen crude drug and magnolol hi Health Pill and Cortex Magnoliae Officinalis.