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Cortex
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Cortex (Latin: "bark", "rind", "shell" or "husk") may mean:
In anatomy:
- Cortex (anatomy), the outermost or superficial layer of an organ, and especially in the brain:
- the Cerebral cortex (usually just cortex), the outer layer of the vertebrate cerebrum, part of which is the forebrain
- the Motor cortex, the regions of the cerebral cortex involved in voluntary motor functions
- the Prefrontal cortex, the anterior part of the frontal lobes of the brain
- the Visual cortex, regions of the cerebral cortex involved in visual functions
- the Cerebellar cortex, the outer layer of the vertebrate cerebellum
- the Cerebral cortex (usually just cortex), the outer layer of the vertebrate cerebrum, part of which is the forebrain
- as well as in other organs:
- the Renal cortex, the outer portion of the kidney
In other sciences:
- Cortex (botany), the outer portion of the stem or root of a plant
- Cortex (archaeology), the outer layer of rock formed on the exterior of raw materials by chemical and mechanical weathering processes.
In video games:
- In the Crash Bandicoot series video game:
- Doctor Neo Cortex, a mad scientist
- Nina Cortex, Cortex's niece
Other uses:
- Cortex (journal), a scientific journal founded in 1964 and produced by Masson Publishing
- Cortex (payment software), a card payment software package for the banking industry
- Cortex Control Panel, a custom game control panel
- Cortex (CPU), a variant of the ARM architecture of CPUs
- Cortex Command, 2D game from Data Realms
- Cortex digital music controllers, a US-based company making DJ and pro audio equipment.
- The explosive cord is spelled Cordtex
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