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FRONTAL CORTEX

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

That part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying directly behind the forehead

Synonyms:

frontal cortex; frontal lobe

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("frontal cortex" is a kind of...):

lobe ((anatomy) a somewhat rounded subdivision of a bodily organ or part)

Meronyms (parts of "frontal cortex"):

frontal gyrus (any of the convolutions of the outer surface of the frontal lobe of the cerebrum)

precentral gyrus (the convolution of the frontal lobe that is bounded in back by the central sulcus and that contains the motor area)

Holonyms ("frontal cortex" is a part of...):

cerebral cortex; cerebral mantle; cortex; pallium (the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum)

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