the tissue between the epidermis and the stele of stems and roots, consisting of parenchyma and often also collenchyma and/or sclerenchyma and sometimes chlorenchyma
The cortex of the brain or of another organ is its outer layer. the cerebral cortex. cortices the outer layer of an organ in your body, especially your brain. In plants, the tissue of unspecialized cells lying between the epidermis (surface cells) and the vascular, or conducting, tissues (see phloem and xylem) of stems and roots. Cortical cells may contain stored food or other substances, such as resins, latex, essential oils, and tannins. Cortical cells in herbaceous stems, young woody stems, and stems of succulents contain chloroplasts and can therefore make food by photosynthesis. Food, usually in the form of starch, in edible roots, bulbs, and tubers is stored mostly in the cortex
the outer layer of gray matter that covers the surface of the cerebral hemisphere It is involved in higher brain functions (also referred to as cortical processes) including visual processing Submitted by Jeffrey S Fox, foxjeff1@pilot msu edu
One of the major components of the brain The cortex is divided into four lobes (frontal, parietal, temporal, occipital) It also contains the sensory and motor areas