neural structure vs cortex

cortex vs neural structure

neural structure and cortex both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
neural structure	Yes	No	No	No
cortex	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, cortex is a hyponym of neural structure; that is, cortex is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than neural structure:

neural structure: a structure that is part of the nervous system
cortex: the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum

Other hyponyms of neural structure include corpus mamillare, mamillary body, mammillary body, ganglion, reflex arc, center, centre, nerve center, nerve centre, cerebral hemisphere, hemisphere, piriform area, piriform lobe, pyriform area, pyriform lobe, olfactory bulb, brain, encephalon, neencephalon, neoencephalon, palaeencephalon, paleencephalon, paleoencephalon, cerebellum, cerebellar hemisphere, vermis, vermis cerebelli, paleocerebellum, cerebral cortex, cerebral mantle, pallium, geniculate body, cerebrum, bulb, medulla, medulla oblongata, forebrain, prosencephalon, hippocampus, cingulate gyrus, gyrus cinguli, telencephalon, betweenbrain, diencephalon, interbrain, thalmencephalon, limbic brain, limbic system, visceral brain, subthalamus, thalamus, hypothalamus, mesencephalon, midbrain, locus niger, nucleus niger, substantia nigra, hindbrain, rhombencephalon, myelencephalon, pons, pons Varolii, brain-stem, brain stem, brainstem, nucleus, radiation, medulla spinalis, spinal cord, ANS, autonomic nervous system.

neural structure (noun)	cortex (noun)
a structure that is part of the nervous system	the tissue forming the outer layer of an organ or structure in plant or animal
	the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum
	the tissue that surrounds the lens nucleus

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