Cortex or cortical may refer to:

Biology

Cortex (anatomy) In anatomy and zoology, the cortex (plural cortices) is the outermost (or superficial) layer of an organ. Organs with well-defined cortical layers include kidneys, adrenal glands, ovaries, the thymus, and portions of the brain, including the cereb ...

, the outermost layer of an organ **

Cerebral cortex The cerebral cortex, also known as the cerebral mantle, is the outer layer of neural tissue of the cerebrum of the brain in humans and other mammals. The cerebral cortex mostly consists of the six-layered neocortex, with just 10% consisting of ...

, the outer layer of the vertebrate cerebrum, part of which is the ''forebrain'' *** Motor cortex, the regions of the cerebral cortex involved in voluntary motor functions ***

Prefrontal cortex In mammalian brain anatomy, the prefrontal cortex (PFC) covers the front part of the frontal lobe of the cerebral cortex. The PFC contains the Brodmann areas BA8, BA9, BA10, BA11, BA12, BA13, BA14, BA24, BA25, BA32, BA44, BA45, BA46, ...

, the anterior part of the frontal lobes of the brain ***

Visual cortex The visual cortex of the brain is the area of the cerebral cortex that processes visual information. It is located in the occipital lobe. Sensory input originating from the eyes travels through the lateral geniculate nucleus in the thalamus and ...

, regions of the cerebral cortex involved in visual functions ** Cerebellar cortex, the outer layer of the vertebrate cerebellum ** Renal cortex, the outer portion of the kidney **

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 *

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 * Cortex (hair), the middle layer of a strand of hair * Cortex (botany), the outer portion of the stem or root of a plant

Entertainment

* ''Cortex'' (film), a 2008 French film directed by Nicolas Boukhrief * Cortex (podcast), a 2015 podcast * '' Cortex Command'', a 2012 video game * Doctor Neo Cortex, a fictional character in the ''Crash Bandicoot'' video game series **

Nina Cortex ''Crash Bandicoot'' is a series of platform video games created by Andy Gavin and Jason Rubin. Formerly developed by Naughty Dog from 1996 to 1999, by Traveller's Tales, Eurocom and Vicarious Visions from 2000 to 2004, and by Radical Entertainme ...

, 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

* Cortex (archaeology), the outer layer of rock formed on the exterior of raw materials by chemical and mechanical weathering processes * ''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 * Cortex Pharmaceuticals, a company of New Jersey, United States * Cortex Innovation Community, a district in St. Louis, Missouri, United States

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