cerebral cortexes

A form of cerebral cortex — 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.

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of cerebral cortex
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