Definition of Cortical. Meaning of Cortical. Synonyms of Cortical

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Definition of Cortical

Cortical
Cortical Cor"ti*cal (k?r"t?-kal), a. [L. cortex bark: cf. F. cortical.] Belonging to, or consisting of, bark or rind; resembling bark or rind; external; outer; superficial; as, the cortical substance of the kidney.

Meaning of Cortical from wikipedia

- Look up cortex or cortical in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Cortex or cortical may refer to: Cortex (anatomy), the outermost layer of an organ Cerebral...
- These are organised into horizontal cortical layers, and radially into cortical columns and minicolumns. Cortical areas have specific functions such as...
- A cortical homunculus (from Latin homunculus 'little man, miniature human') is a distorted representation of the human body, based on a neurological "map"...
- Cortical blindness is the total or partial loss of vision in a normal-appearing eye caused by damage to the brain's occipital cortex. Cortical blindness...
- A cortical minicolumn (also called cortical microcolumn) is a vertical column through the cortical layers of the brain. Neurons within the microcolumn...
- A cortical column is a group of neurons forming a cylindrical structure through the cerebral cortex of the brain perpendicular to the cortical surface...
- retina. For quantitative purposes, the cortical magnification factor is normally expressed in millimeters of cortical surface per degree of visual angle....
- Cortical remapping, also referred to as cortical reorganization, is the process by which an existing cortical map is affected by a stimulus resulting...
- the cortical granules outside the cell, where they modify an existing extracellular matrix to make it impenetrable to sperm entry. The cortical granules...
- of a cortical implant and neuroprosthetic in general is "to replace neural circuitry in the brain that no longer functions appropriately." Cortical implants...