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Cortex vs Hypercolumn - What's the difference?

cortex | hypercolumn |

As nouns the difference between cortex and hypercolumn

is that cortex is the outer layer of an internal organ or body structure, such as the kidney or the brain while hypercolumn is an array of orientation columns in the visual cortex.

cortex

English

(wikipedia cortex)

Noun

  • (countable, anatomy) The outer layer of an internal organ or body structure, such as the kidney or the brain.
  • (uncountable, botany) The tissue of a stem or root that lies inward from the epidermis, but exterior to the vascular tissue.

    • Derived terms

    * cortical * cerebral cortex * prefrontal cortex

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    hypercolumn

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (anatomy) An array of orientation columns in the visual cortex

    • Related terms

    * hypercolumnar