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What does cortex of a tree mean?

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The cerebral cortex has a name that literally means it is the bark of what organ?

The cortex means the outer layer like the bark of a tree. The cerebral cortex is the bark (outer layer) of the brain.


What do the cerbral cortex and cerebral cortex have in common?

They are the same. The word cerbral is misspelled and should be cerebral. This the covering of the brain. Cortex means "bark", like the bark on a tree.


What part of the brain is named after the Latin word meaning bark?

The Latin word for tree bark is cortex, so the cerebral cortex derives from this word.


How do phloem form bark on a tree?

When the phloem is dead it causes bark to form on a tree. A secondary growth in the cortex result in the bark formation a a tree


What The part of the leaf is containing the xylem and phloem?

the stem of a plant or trunk of a tree


What is the cerebral cortex or new brain?

The cortex means "cork". It is called this because it is like the outer layer of a tree. This "new" brain was laid down last in the evolution of the brain in our species.


The meaning of cortex?

Bark, as of a tree; hence, an outer covering., Bark; rind; specifically, cinchona bark., The outer or superficial part of an organ; as, the cortex or gray exterior substance of the brain.


What does cortex thickening mean?

cortical thickness is a brain morphometric measure used to describe the combined thickness of the layers of the cerebral cortex in mammalian brains,


Cortisol is secreted by the?

Adrenal cortex


What is the name of the kidney outer layer?

You mean the capsuls covering it. But generally kidney is coverd by posterior wall of peritonium


What does cortex mean?

Right----It processes information from the skin (touch, temperature and pain).


What does neocortex mean?

It actually means this. A part of the cerebral cortex, important in sight.