Complete Definition of "cerebral cortex"

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cerebral cortex

  1. anatomy 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.

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pallium

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