cerebral cortex
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кора головного мозку
кора головного мозга
Großhirnrinde
The grey, folded, outermost layer of the cerebrum that is responsible for higher brain…The grey, folded, outermost layer of the cerebrum that is responsible for higher brain processes such as sensation, voluntary muscle movement, thought, reasoning, and memory.
UK/ˈsɛ.ɹɪb.ɹəl ˈkɔːtɛks/US/səˈɹiː.bɹəl ˈkɔɹtɛks/
» The cerebral cortex is the brain's outer layer.
Meaning
1 sensesThe grey, folded, outermost layer of the cerebrum that is responsible for higher brain processes such as sensation, voluntary muscle movement, thought, reasoning, and memory.
Großhirnrinde
кора́ головно́го мо́згаkorá golovnóvo mózga
кора головного мозкуkora holovnoho mozku
More definitions
- the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum
Examples
2 sentencesThe cerebral cortex is the brain's outer layer.
The cerebral cortex is made up of gray matter.
ruКора головного мозга состоит из серого вещества.
Translations
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Forms
plural: cerebral cortices / cerebral cortexes| Singular | cerebral cortex |
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Synonyms
4 synonymsClose in meaning
- the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum:cerebral mantlepalliumcortex