cerebral cortex

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

cerebral mantle

Translations

córtex cerebral

cortex cérébral

córtex cerebral

εγκεφαλικός φλοιός

neopallium

escorça cerebral

Hirnrinde

corteccia cerebrale

còrtex cerebral

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