Cortical

Word CORTICAL
Character 8
Hyphenation cor ti cal
Pronunciations /ˈkɔː.tɪ.kəl/

Definitions and meanings of "Cortical"

What do we mean by cortical?

Of, relating to, derived from, or consisting of cortex. adjective

Of, relating to, associated with, or depending on the cerebral cortex. adjective

Belonging to or consisting of bark or rind; resembling bark or rind; hence, external; belonging to the external covering: in anatomy, specifically applied to several enveloping or investing parts, in distinction from medullary: as, the cortical substance of the brain or kidney. See cortex.

Belonging to, or consisting of, bark or rind; resembling bark or rind; external; outer; superficial. adjective

Pertaining to the outer layer of an internal organ or body structure, such as the kidney or the brain. adjective

Pertaining to the cortex of a stem or root—the tissue that lies inward from the epidermis, but exterior to the vascular tissue. adjective

Of or relating to a cortex adjective

Pertaining to the outer layer of an internal organ or body structure, such as the kidney or the brain.

Pertaining to the cortex of a stem or root—the tissue that lies inward from the epidermis, but exterior to the vascular tissue.

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The word "cortical" in example sentences

The term cortical column is also often used in non-ontogenetic contexts, thereby broadening its meaning with respect to the more precise ❋ Unknown (2009)

The term cortical column is also often used in non-ontogenetic contexts (for review on functional aspects, see ❋ Unknown (2009)

This wave—known as "cortical spreading depression"—activates nerve cells as it goes, and the symptoms sufferers report typically correspond to the area of the brain the wave is passing over. ❋ Melinda Beck (2011)

Studies show that being in a state of love increases your brain power and clarity through a physiological response called cortical facilitation. ❋ Marci Shimoff (2010)

Therefore, Mrs. Schiavo had what's called cortical blindness. ❋ Unknown (2005)

The parts dipping in between the pyramids are named the renal columns (Bertini), while the portions which connect the renal columns to each other and intervene between the bases of the pyramids and the fibrous tunic are called the cortical arches (indicated between A and A’ in Fig. 1127). ❋ Unknown (1918)

These are the follicles in their earliest condition, and the layer where they are found has been termed the cortical layer. ❋ Unknown (1918)

Anatomy shows where in the brains these first principles are; it teaches that there are two brains; that these are continued from the head into the spinal column; that they consist of two substances, called cortical substance and medullary substance; that cortical substance consists of innumerable gland-like forms, and medullary substance of innumerable fiber-like forms. ❋ Emanuel Swedenborg (1730)

Researchers at three U.S. institutions have been studying a new form of brain stimulation called cortical brain stimulation, with promising results. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Each bone is made up of a thick outer shell known as cortical bone and a strong inner mesh of trabecular bone, which looks like a honeycomb. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The research identified differences in brain tissue known as cortical cell minicolumns, which connect brain signals to process information.

As a ferret learned to discriminate one pattern of motion from another over the course of a few hours, the researchers could see large numbers of individual neurons in the visual cortex develop specific responses and become organized into functional assemblies called cortical columns. ❋ Unknown (2008)

A simple mutation to the small Factor XIII would allow it to crosslink one of the protofibrinogens, such as cortical granule lectin, that are present in, and released from, haemocytes. ❋ Unknown (2007)

On average we loss 85,000 'cortical' neurons a day, approx 31 million a year. ❋ Unknown (2005)

The outermost, called the "cortical," is formed of cellular tissue, and differs widely in consistency in different species; thus, in the cork oak, which furnishes man with one of his most useful commercial products, the cortical layer acquires extraordinary thickness. ❋ Various (N/A)

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