Cortex or cortical may refer to:
Biology
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Cortex (anatomy), the outermost layer of an organ
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Cerebral cortex, the outer layer of the vertebrate cerebrum, part of which is the ''forebrain''
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Motor cortex, the regions of the cerebral cortex involved in voluntary motor functions
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Prefrontal cortex, the anterior part of the frontal lobes of the brain
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Visual cortex, regions of the cerebral cortex involved in visual functions
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Cerebellar cortex, the outer layer of the vertebrate cerebellum
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Renal cortex, the outer portion of the kidney
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Adrenal cortex
The adrenal cortex is the outer region and also the largest part of an adrenal gland. It is divided into three separate zones: zona glomerulosa, zona fasciculata and zona reticularis. Each zone is responsible for producing specific hormones. It is ...
, a portion of the adrenal gland
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Cell cortex
The cell cortex, also known as the actin cortex, cortical cytoskeleton or actomyosin cortex, is a specialized layer of cytoplasmic proteins on the inner face of the cell membrane. It functions as a modulator of membrane behavior and cell surface p ...
, the region of a cell directly underneath the membrane
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Cortex (hair), the middle layer of a strand of hair
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Cortex (botany), the outer portion of the stem or root of a plant
Entertainment
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''Cortex'' (film), a 2008 French film directed by Nicolas Boukhrief
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Cortex (podcast), a 2015 podcast
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Cortex Command'', a 2012 video game
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Doctor Neo Cortex, a fictional character in the ''Crash Bandicoot'' video game series
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Nina Cortex, the niece of Neo Cortex
* Cortex, a French jazz funk band featuring
Alain Mion
* Cortex, a Swedish post-punk alternative band featuring
Freddie Wadling
Other uses
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Cortex (archaeology), the outer layer of rock formed on the exterior of raw materials by chemical and mechanical weathering processes
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''Cortex'' (journal), cognitive science journal published by Elsevier
* Cortex, a family of the
ARM architecture
ARM (stylised in lowercase as arm, formerly an acronym for Advanced RISC Machines and originally Acorn RISC Machine) is a family of reduced instruction set computer (RISC) instruction set architectures for computer processors, configured ...
of CPUs
* Cortex, a division of
Gemini Sound Products
* Cortex, a digital lending platform by
Think Finance
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Cortex Pharmaceuticals, a company of New Jersey, United States
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Cortex Innovation Community, a district in St. Louis, Missouri, United States
See also
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Cordtex
Cordtex is a type of detonating cord generally used in mining. It uses an explosive core of pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN) inside its plastic coating.
It is commonly the thickness of electrical extension cord and has a detonation velocity o ...
, a type of detonating cord used in mining
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Corex (disambiguation) Corex may refer to:
* Corex, a cough medicine
* Corex Process, a metal smelter configuration
* Corex (geological analysis), a defunct provider of analysis services to the petroleum industry
* Corex, in Greek mythology, one of the sons of Coronus (G ...
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