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Cerebral Cortex  

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Entry terms

  • Cortex Cerebri
  • Cortex Cerebrus
  • Cortical Plate
  • Cortical Plates
  • Plate, Cortical

Note

  • /surg: probably CEREBRAL DECORTICATION

Scope note

  • The thin layer of GRAY MATTER on the surface of the CEREBRAL HEMISPHERES that develops from the TELENCEPHALON and folds into gyri and sulci. It reaches its highest development in humans and is responsible for intellectual faculties and higher mental functions.

History note

  • INSULA OF REIL was see under CEREBRAL CORTEX 1968-78

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D002540

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