Cortex

Cortex (Latin for bark) has different meanings, depending on the context:

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• In neuroanatomy:
• the cerebral cortex (often simply called "cortex") is the thin wrinkled outermost layer of the brain. It is rich in neurons and is the site of most sophisticated neural processing.
• the cerebellar cortex is the outermost layer of the cerebellum
• In botany, the cortex is the outer portion of the stem or root of a plant.
• In anatomy and zoology, the cortex is the outermost (or "superficial") layer of an organ.
• In lithic analysis in archaeology, the cortex is the outer layer of rock formed on the exterior of raw materials by chemical and mechanical weathering processes.

See also: Cordtex.

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Latin: Latin is an Indo-European language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. It gained great importance as the formal language of the Roman Empire. All Romance languages are descended from Latin, and many words based on Latin are found in other modern languages such as English. The ...

Bark: For other meanings of bark, see Bark (disambiguation)....