TEMPORAL CORTEX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does temporal cortex mean? 

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

1. that part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying inside the temples of the head

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TEMPORAL CORTEX (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

That part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying inside the temples of the head

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

temporal cortex; temporal lobe

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

lobe ((anatomy) a somewhat rounded subdivision of a bodily organ or part)

Meronyms (parts of "temporal cortex"):

temporal gyrus (any of the convolutions of the outer surface of the temporal lobe of the cerebrum)

amygdala; amygdaloid nucleus; corpus amygdaloideum (an almond-shaped neural structure in the anterior part of the temporal lobe of the cerebrum; intimately connected with the hypothalamus and the hippocampus and the cingulate gyrus; as part of the limbic system it plays an important role in motivation and emotional behavior)

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

cerebral cortex; cerebral mantle; cortex; pallium (the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum)

 Context examples 

Researchers measured glucose levels in different brain regions, some vulnerable to Alzheimer’s disease pathology, such as the frontal and temporal cortex, and some that are resistant, like the cerebellum.

(Higher brain glucose levels may mean more severe Alzheimer’s, National Institutes of Health)