CEREBRAL CORTEX
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)
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 cell; Golgi's 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 lobe (that part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying directly behind the forehead)
prefrontal lobe (the anterior part of the frontal lobe)
parietal lobe (that part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying below the crown of the head)
occipital lobe (that part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying in the back of the head)
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)
