cortex
cor
ˈkɔr
kawr
tex
tɛks
teks
/kˈɔːtɛks/
cortices

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "cortex"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŸā§‡āĻ•ā§āϏ, āϏ⧇āϰāĻŋāĻŦā§āϰāĻžāϞ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŸā§‡āĻ•ā§āϏ

(anatomy) the outer layer of the anterior part of the brain, called cerebrum, containing gray matter
cortex definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The prefrontal cortex, located in the frontal lobe, plays a key role in decision-making, impulse control, and social behavior.
āĻĢā§āϰāĻ¨ā§āϟāĻžāϞ āϞ⧋āĻŦ⧇ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŋāĻĢā§āϰāĻ¨ā§āϟāĻžāϞ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŸā§‡āĻ•ā§āϏ, āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ, āφāĻŦ⧇āĻ— āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϜāĻŋāĻ• āφāϚāϰāϪ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ­ā§‚āĻŽāĻŋāĻ•āĻž āĻĒāĻžāϞāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŸā§‡āĻ•ā§āϏ, āĻŦāĻžāĻ•āϞ

the tissue forming the outer layer of an organ or structure in plants and animals, such as the renal cortex of a kidney or the cortical cells beneath a stem's epidermis
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
A biopsy of the adrenal cortex revealed abnormal hormone – producing cells.
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĄā§āϰāĻŋāύāĻžāϞ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŸā§‡āĻ•ā§āϏ-āĻāϰ āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻĒāϏāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻšāϰāĻŽā§‹āύ-āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻ• āϕ⧋āώ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŸā§‡āĻ•ā§āϏ, āϞ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϏ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŸā§‡āĻ•ā§āϏ

the layer of lens fibers surrounding the central nucleus of the eye's crystalline lens, crucial for flexibility and light refraction
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
During cataract surgery, the surgeon carefully removed the hardened lens cortex before inserting the intraocular lens.
āĻ›āĻžāύāĻŋāϰ āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧋āĻĒāϚāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ, āϏāĻžāĻ°ā§āϜāύ āχāĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§āϰāĻžāĻ“āϕ⧁āϞāĻžāϰ āϞ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϏ āĻĸā§‹āĻ•āĻžāύ⧋āϰ āφāϗ⧇ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āϞ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϏ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŸā§‡āĻ•ā§āϏ āϏāĻžāĻŦāϧāĻžāύ⧇ āϏāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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