Phrase Hound found 17 phrases and 24 compound words that contain cortex. The most common are listed below. Open cortex in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 17
- cerebral cortexThe grey, folded, outermost layer of the cerebrum that is responsible for higher brain processes such as sensation, voluntary muscle movement, thought, reasoning, and memory.
- prefrontal cortexThe anterior part of the frontal lobes of the mammalian brain, lying in front of the motor and premotor areas.
- visual cortexThe part of the cerebral cortex that processes visual information.
- adrenal cortexThe outer portion of the adrenal glands that produces hormones essential to homeostasis.
- somatic sensory cortexThe region of the cerebral cortex that receives somatic signals from the thalamus.
- anterior cingulate cortexThe frontal part of the cingulate cortex.
- cingulate cortexThe medial part of the cortex, between the corpus callosum to the cingulate sulcus.
- renal cortexThe outer region of the kidney, between the renal capsule and the renal medulla, consisting of the glomeruli and the proximal and distal convoluted tubules.
- entorhinal cortexA part of the brain which, together with the hippocampus, is important to memory functions
- motor cortexThe part of the cerebral cortex involved in motion
- insular cortexSynonym of insula: A block of buildings in a Roman town.
- cerebellar cortexPart of the cerebellum, a structure of the brain, in the human nervous system.
- somatosensory cortexthe somatic sensory cortex
- striate cortexSynonym of visual cortex: The part of the cerebral cortex that processes visual information.
- orbitofrontal cortexA prefrontal cortex region in the frontal lobes of the brain which is involved in the cognitive process of decision making.
- posterior cingulate cortexThe hind part of the cingulate cortex: it controls mind-wandering and rumination.
- paracingulate cortexThe medial prefrontal cortex of the human brain.
Compound words 24
- decorticateTo peel or remove the bark, husk, or outer layer from something.
- allocortexThe heterogenetic cortex; part of the cerebral cortex characterized by fewer cell layers than the neocortex (i.e. fewer than six)
- archicortexPart of the allocortex, specifically three layered hippocampal cortexes necessary for hippocampus formation
- paleocortexA layer of the cerebral cortex, intermediate phylogenetically between the neocortex and archicortex, and separated from the neocortex by the rhinal fissure
- cerebrocortexcerebral cortex
- exocortexA special triple layer in the roots of saprophytic orchids.
- paracortexThe portion of a lymph node immediately surrounding the medulla.
- retinexThe retina and the cortex.
- cortexlessLacking a cortex
- corticolousLiving or growing on bark.