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What are the elevations in the cerebral cortex?

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Sheets of nerve cells that produce elevation in the cerebral cortex?
Gyri
Where is the cerebral cortex?
The cerebral cortex is the outermost covering of the brain. It is approximately 2-4 mm in thickness. It contains the frontal, temporal, parietal and occipital lobes.
Is the cortex and the cerebral cortex the same thing?
No the Cortex is the outer layer of a internal organ, a cerebal cotex is, specificly, the outer layer of the brain which contains grey matter and neurons....but after saying that, a Cortex is a outer...
What is the gateway to the Cerebral Cortex?
the thalamus
Why does the cerebral cortex have that name?
Cerebral cortex literally means brain husk or shell. It comes from the Latin cerebrum meaning brain and cortex meaning husk or shell. So, the outer covering of the brain is called its shell.