cerebral cortex

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convolutions

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gyri

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depressions

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sulci

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separates frontal from parietal

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central sulcus (fissure of Rolando)

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separates temporal from frontal

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lateral sulcus

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divides the brain into two hemispheres

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median longitudinal fissure

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between cuneus and precuneus

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parieto occipital fissure

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the parieto occipital fissure is between

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cuneus and precuneus

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divides occipital lobe into cuneus and lingual

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calcarine fissure

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the surface area of the cerebral cortex is increased by

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convolutions

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the cerebral cortex develops from the

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pallium

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2 divisions of pallium

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paleo-/archipallium

neopallium

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the neopallium is located b/n

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hippocampus and the paleopallium

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the paleopallium is located

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lateral to the corpus striatum

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the motor cortex contains a large amount of

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pyramidal cells

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sensory cortex is characterized by

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granular cells

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nerve cells of the cerebral cortex

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1. pyramidal cells
2. stellate cells
3. fusiform cells
4. horizontal cells of cajal
5. cells of martinotti

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large fusiform cells =

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modified pyramidal cells

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smll multipolar cells present throughout the levels of the cortex

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cells of martinotti

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layers of the cerebral cortex

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molecular
external granular
external pyramidal
internal granular
internal pyramidal
multiform layer

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most superficial layer

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molecular layer (plexiform layer)

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the molecular layer is located where

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below the pia mater

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the external layer contains large number of

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small pyramidal cells and stellate cells

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the external pyramidal layer is composed of pyramidal cells whose cell body size

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increases from the superficial to the deeper borders of the layer

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this layer is composed of closely packed stellate cells

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internal granular layer

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the internal granular layer is composed of

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closely packed stellate cells

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the internal granular layer has a high conc of horizontally arranged fibers known as

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External band of baillarger

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myelinated fibers of this layer form the ________

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internal granular; stripe of Gennari

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the internal pyramidal layer gives rise to

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corticospinal, corticobulbar, corticostriatal

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giant pyramidal cells in the motor cortex of the precentral gyrus

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Betz cells

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the internal pyramidal layer contains a large number of horizontally arranged fibers that form the

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internal band of Baillarger

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different types of cortex based on number of layers

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neocortex | allocortex

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aka isocortex or homogenetic cortex

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neocortex

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the allocortex includes

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paleocortex | archicortex

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paleocortex includes

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olfactory cortex

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archicortex includes

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hippocampus and dentate gyrus