Cortex

Template:Sister project Cortex or cortical may refer to:

Biology

• Cortex (anatomy), the outermost layer of an organ
  • Cerebral cortex, the outer layer of the vertebrate cerebrum, part of which is the forebrain
    • Motor cortex, the regions of the cerebral cortex involved in voluntary motor functions
    • Prefrontal cortex, the anterior part of the frontal lobes of the brain
    • Visual cortex, regions of the cerebral cortex involved in visual functions
  • Cerebellar cortex, the outer layer of the vertebrate cerebellum
  • Renal cortex, the outer portion of the kidney
  • Adrenal cortex, a portion of the adrenal gland
• Cell cortex, the region of a cell directly underneath the membrane
• Cortex (hair), the middle layer of a strand of hair
• Cortex (botany), the outer portion of the stem or root of a plant

Entertainment

• Cortex (film), a 2008 French film directed by Nicolas Boukhrief
• Cortex (podcast), a 2015 podcast
• Doctor Neo Cortex, a fictional character in the Crash Bandicoot video game series
  • Nina Cortex, the niece of Neo Cortex
• Cortex (band), a French jazz funk band featuring Alain Mion
• Cortex, a Swedish post-punk alternative band featuring Freddie Wadling

Other uses

• Cortex (archaeology), the outer layer of rock formed on the exterior of raw materials by chemical and mechanical weathering processes
• Cortex (journal), cognitive science journal published by Elsevier
• Cortex, a family of the ARM architecture of CPUs
• Cortex, a division of Gemini Sound Products
• Cortex, a digital lending platform by Think Finance
• Cortex Pharmaceuticals, a company of New Jersey, United States
• Cortex Innovation Community, a district in St. Louis, Missouri, United States

See also

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• All pages with titles beginning with cortical
• Cordtex, a type of detonating cord used in mining
• Corex (disambiguation)