CEREBRAL CORTEX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cerebral cortex mean? 

• CEREBRAL CORTEX (noun)
  The noun CEREBRAL CORTEX has 1 sense:

1. the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum

  Familiarity information: CEREBRAL CORTEX used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CEREBRAL CORTEX (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

cerebral cortex; cerebral mantle; cortex; pallium

Hypernyms ("cerebral cortex" is a kind of...):

neural structure (a structure that is part of the nervous system)

Meronyms (parts of "cerebral cortex"):

Golgi's cell; Golgi cell (a neuron in the cerebral cortex with short dendrites and with either a long axon or a short axon that ramifies in the grey matter)

cortical area; cortical region (any of various regions of the cerebral cortex)

frontal cortex; frontal lobe (that part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying directly behind the forehead)

prefrontal cortex; prefrontal lobe (the anterior part of the frontal lobe)

parietal cortex; parietal lobe (that part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying below the crown of the head)

occipital cortex; occipital lobe (that part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying in the back of the head)

temporal cortex; temporal lobe (that part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying inside the temples of the head)

Meronyms (substance of "cerebral cortex"):

gray matter; gray substance; grey matter; grey substance; substantia grisea (greyish nervous tissue containing cell bodies as well as fibers; forms the cerebral cortex consisting of unmyelinated neurons)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cerebral cortex"):

neocortex; neopallium (the cortical part of the neencephalon)

archipallium; paleocortex (the olfactory cortex of the cerebrum)

Holonyms ("cerebral cortex" is a part of...):

cerebrum (anterior portion of the brain consisting of two hemispheres; dominant part of the brain in humans)

 Context examples 

It contains neurites derived from cells of other layers and areas of the cerebral cortex and subcortical areas.

(Internal Granular Layer of the Cerebral Cortex, NCI Thesaurus)

The second layer of the cerebral cortex, composed of many small pyramidal cells and granule cells with short axons.

(External Granular Layer of the Cerebral Cortex, NCI Thesaurus)

A progressive form of dementia characterized by the presence of protein deposits called Lewy bodies in the midbrain and cerebral cortex, and loss of cholinergic and dopaminergic neurons.

(Lewy Body Dementia, NCI Thesaurus)

The cerebral cortex contains six cell layers.

(Cortical Cell Layer of the Cerebral Cortex, NCI Thesaurus)

Part of the medial aspect of the cerebral cortex.

(Cingulate Cortex, NCI Thesaurus)

It results in brain malformation characterized by the underdevelopment or absence of gyri or ridges in the cerebral cortex.

(Classical Lissencephaly, NCI Thesaurus)

The deep, one inch long portion of the parieto-occipital fissure, a groove, on the outer surface of the cerebral cortex midway between the occipital lobe and the fissure of Rolando.

(External Parieto-Occipital Fissure, NCI Thesaurus)

One of four small oval masses that protrude slightly from the underside of the thalamus and function as synaptic centers on the way to the cerebral cortex.

(Geniculate Body, NCI Thesaurus)

A small fusiform neuroglial cell arranged horizontally in the molecular layer of the cerebral cortex.

(Horizontal Cell of Cajal, NCI Thesaurus)

The fifth layer of the cerebral cortex, composed of the largest pyramidal cells (Martinotti's cells and Betz's cells), and traversed by a layer of horizontally arranged fibers.

(Ganglionic Layer of the Cerebral Cortex, NCI Thesaurus)