Cerbral
Cortex
Made up of nervous tissue ,consists
primarily of 2 main types of tissue:
1)Gray matter
2)white matter
• Is the outermost layer of the brain and is
responsible for higher-level functions such
as thought, language, and consciousness.
It is divided into six layers, each with its
own unique cell types and functions:
|.MOLECULAR LAYER: ||.EXTERNAL
THIS IS THE GRANULAR
OUTERMOST LAYER LAYER:CONTAINS
AND CONTAINS FEW DENSELY PACKED
CELL BODIES. IT SMALL GRANULE
PRIMARILY CONSISTS CELLS, WHICH
OF AXONS AND RECEIVE INPUT
DENDRITES FROM FROM SENSORY
NEURONS IN DEEPER SYSTEMS.
LAYERS.
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GRANULAR LAYER:
SIMILAR TO THE
|||. EXTERNAL PYRAMIDAL EXTERNAL GRANULAR
LAYER: CONTAINS LAYER BUT CONTAINS
PYRAMIDAL CELLS, WHICH LARGER GRANULE
ARE THE PRIMARY OUTPUT CELLS. IT RECEIVES
NEURONS OF THE CORTEX. INPUT FROM THE
THESE CELLS SEND THALAMUS, WHICH
PROJECTIONS TO OTHER RELAYS SENSORY
CORTICAL AREAS AND INFORMATION TO THE
SUBCORTICAL CORTEX.
STRUCTURES.
[Link] PYRAMIDAL LAYER: CONTAINS
LARGE PYRAMIDAL CELLS, WHICH ARE THE
PRIMARY OUTPUT NEURONS OF THE
CORTEX. THESE CELLS SEND PROJECTIONS
TO OTHER CORTICAL AREAS AND
SUBCORTICAL STRUCTURES.
V|.MULTIFORM LAYER:THE DEEPEST LAYER
AND CONTAINS A VARIETY OF CELL TYPES,
INCLUDING FUSIFORM CELLS AND
MARTINOTTI CELLS. THIS LAYER RECEIVES
INPUT FROM THE THALAMUS AND OTHER
CORTICAL AREAS.
* * THE SIX LAYERS ARRANGED IN A SPECIFIC ORDER, AND THIS LAYERED STRUCTURE IS
ESSENTIAL FOR THE COMPLEX FUNCTIONS OF THE BRAIN. DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE
CORTEX HAVE DIFFERENT PROPORTIONS OF EACH LAYER, REFLECTING THEIR
SPECIALIZED FUNCTIONS. FOR EXAMPLE, THE PRIMARY VISUAL CORTEX HAS A
PROMINENT INTERNAL GRANULAR LAYER, WHILE THE PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX HAS A
PROMINENT INTERNAL PYRAMIDAL LAYER.
