cortex

cortex

英 ['kɔːteks]
　　美 ['kɔrtɛks]

n. [解剖] 皮質；樹皮；果皮

中文詞源：

cortex 大腦皮質

來自PIE*sker, 切，詞源同carnal, shear. 原指樹皮，後詞義引申為大腦皮質。

例句：

1. The infection - thread enters and branches in cells of the root cortex.
侵染線進入根的皮層細胞並進行分枝.

2. Within the epidermis develops a ring of parenchyma cells, the cortex.
在表皮細胞內有一個質壁細胞環, 即皮層.

3. The ovarian follicles are embedded in the stroma of the cortex.
卵巢皮質的基質中有許多卵泡.

4. The inner layer of the cortex differentiates into the endodermis.
皮層的內層分化為內皮層.

5. The hand has much more representation in the cortex than does the back.
前腳比背部在皮層中具有大得多的代表區.