cerebral cortex

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cerebral cortex (plural cerebral cortices or cerebral cortexes)

1. (neuroanatomy) The grey, folded, outermost layer of the cerebrum that is responsible for higher brain processes such as sensation, voluntary muscle movement, thought, reasoning, and memory.

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• pallium
• See also Wikisaurus:cerebral cortex

[edit] Meronyms

• neocortex
• archicortex
• paleocortex

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• cerebrum

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