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What does cortical mean?

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Adjective
  1. (anatomy) Pertaining to the outer layer of an internal organ or body structure, such as the kidney or the brain.
  2. (botany) Pertaining to the cortex of a stem or root—the tissue that lies inward from the epidermis, but exterior to the vascular tissue.
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An x-ray is taken postoperatively to verify that the acetabulum is corrected and the acetabular fragment is secured with cortical screws.
With use of biodegradable anchors inserted into cortical bone, suture breakage at the knot was the predominant failure mode.
During the first phase, the proteins are translocated within the first 10 minutes of stress which is accompanied by cortical reinforcement.
For example, often there is cortical inhibition, as evidenced by very slow EEG theta waves.
External root hairs occur in a pattern governed by the arrangement of underlying cortical cells.
Diverse subsets of cortical interneurons play a particularly important role in the stability of the neural circuits.

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