Cortex or cortical may refer to:

Biology

* Cortex (anatomy), the outermost layer of an organ ** Cerebral cortex, 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, the anterior part of the frontal lobes of the brain *** Visual cortex, 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 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, 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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