How many cortexs are there?

Question

I know there are the prefrontal cortex and stuff. Please name the others.

Answer 1

Wikipedia

In anatomy:

  Cortex (anatomy), the outermost or superficial layer of an organ, and especially in the brain:

  - the Cerebral cortex (usually just cortex), the outer layer of the vertebrate cerebrum

  - the Cerebellar cortex, the outer layer of the vertebrate cerebellum

  - the Motor cortex, the regions of the cerebral cortex involved in voluntary motor functions

  - the Prefrontal cortex, the anterior part of the frontal lobes of the brain

  - the Visual cortex, regions of the cerebral cortex involved in visual functions

  as well as in other organs:

  - the Renal cortex, the outer portion of the kidney

In other sciences:

  - Cortex (botany), the outer portion of the stem or root of a plant

  - Cortex (archaeology), the outer layer of rock formed on the exterior of raw materials by chemical and mechanical weathering processes.

In video games:

In the Crash Bandicoot series video game:

  - Doctor Neo Cortex, a mad scientist

  - Nina Cortex, Cortex's niece

Other uses:

  - Cortex (journal), a scientific journal founded in 1964 and produced by Masson Publishing

  - Cortex (payment software), a card payment software package for the banking industry

  - Cortex Control Panel, a custom game control panel

  - Cortex (CPU), a variant of the ARM architecture of CPUs

  - Cortex Command, 2D game from Data Realms

  - Cortex digital music controllers, a US-based company making DJ and pro audio equipment.

Veterinary Dictionary: cortex

Pl. cortices [L.] an outer layer, as the bark of the trunk or root of a tree, or the outer layer of an organ or other structure, as distinguished from its inner substance.

   - adrenal c. — the outer, firm layer comprising the larger part of the adrenal gland; it secretes a number of hormones. See corticosteroid, aldosterone, mineralocorticoid, glucocorticoid.

   - cerebellar c. — the superficial gray matter of the cerebellum.

   - cerebral c., c. cerebri — the convoluted layer of gray matter covering each cerebral hemisphere. See also cerebral cortex.

   - renal c. — the smooth-textured outer layer of the kidney, composed mainly of renal corpuscles and convoluted tubules, extending in columns between the pyramids.