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somatic sensory cortex

somatic sensory cortex noun: the region of the cerebral cortex that receives somatic signals from the thalamus.

Noun

somatic sensory cortex (plural somatic sensory cortices)

  1. The region of the cerebral cortex that receives somatic signals from the thalamus.

Forms of somatic sensory cortex

pluralsomatic sensory cortices

Questions about somatic sensory cortex

What does somatic sensory cortex mean?
Somatic sensory cortex means the region of the cerebral cortex that receives somatic signals from the thalamus.
What part of speech is somatic sensory cortex?
Somatic sensory cortex is a noun.
What is the plural of somatic sensory cortex?
The plural of somatic sensory cortex is somatic sensory cortices.

Words near somatic sensory cortex in the dictionary

  1. somatic cell nuclear transfer
  2. somatic cell nuclear transfers
  3. somatic cells
  4. somatic nervous system
  5. somatic nervous systems
  6. somatic sensory cortex
  7. somatic sensory cortices
  8. somatic symptom disorder
  9. somatic symptom disorders
  10. somatical
  11. somatically

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