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The cerebral cortex is actually the covering layer. It is a thin layer of tissue that covers the part of the brain called the cerebrum.

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Thin outer layer of gray matter in the brain?

The cerebral cortex is the outer layer of thecerebrum, it is composed of six cell layers of deeply folded and ridged gray matter.


What is the outer layer of the cerebrum called?

The Cerebral Cortex


What causes cerebral cortex?

Cerebral cortex is the outer layer of the brain. Having a brain that is capable of a variety of brain function "causes" the cerebral cortex!


Is the cortex and the cerebral cortex the same thing?

No the Cortex is the outer layer of a internal organ, a cerebal cotex is, specificly, the outer layer of the brain which contains grey matter and neurons....but after saying that, a Cortex is a outer casing in general


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 is the most outermost layer of the cerebrum?

The cerebral cortex is the outer covering of the cerebral hemisphere.


Where are receptors for somatic sensations located?

cerebrum's outer layer of gray matter, the cerebral cortex.


What does the cerebral cortex cover?

The cerebral cortex is the outer layer of the cerebrum, or large brain. It also is where most of the grey matter, i.e. neuronal cell bodies, are found. So you could say that the cerebral cortex covers the white matter of the cerebrum.


What is the inner core of the brain composed of?

There are many parts of the cerebrum including layers of tissue. The outer layer is called the cerebral cortex and another layer called Dura mater.


What does the frontal love do?

If you mean the "frontal lobe" that is the outer layer of the cerebral cortex where critical thinking, logical reasoning and creativity reside.


What is the brain cortex part of?

Feel with your fingers the "space" in the center of the back of your neck at the base of the skull. The cerebral cortex is directly above that.


What is the name of the outer part of the cerebrum?

cerebral cortex