cortical layer
1cortical layer — See cortical meshwork …
2cortical layer — 1. (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) A region at the surface of the egg devoid of yolk. 2. (NEMATA) see epicuticle, exocuticle, mesocuticle, endocuticle …
3cortical layer — the cortex of an organ, as of the brain or kidney …
4Cortical reaction — Human ovum. The zona pellucida is seen as a thick clear girdle surrounded by the cells of the Corona radiata. Gray s …
5Cortical lobule — Latin lobuli corticales renis Artery Interlobular arteries Vein Interlobular veins A cortical lobule (or renal lobule) is a part of a renal lobe. It consists of the nephrons g …
6external cortical layer — (NEMATA) The outermost stratum of the cuticle, comprised of a dense outer area, an inner less dense area, and a thinner area …
7Cortical column — A cortical column, also called hypercolumn or sometimes cortical module,[1] is a group of neurons in the brain cortex which can be successively penetrated by a probe inserted perpendicularly to the cortical surface, and which have nearly… …
8cortical — cortex ► NOUN (pl. cortices) Anatomy ▪ the outer layer of an organ or structure, especially the outer, folded layer of the brain (cerebral cortex). DERIVATIVES cortical adjective. ORIGIN Latin, bark …
9layer — A sheet of one substance lying on another and distinguished from it by a difference in texture or color or by not being continuous with it. SEE ALSO: stratum, lamina. SYN: panniculus. ameloblastic l. the internal l. of the enamel organ. SYN: enam …
10cortical meshwork — Sub plasmalemmal layer of tangled microfilaments anchored to the plasma membrane by their barbed ends. This meshwork contributes to the mechanical properties of the cell surface and probably restricts the access of cytoplasmic vesicles to the… …
