layers of cerebral cortex
- layers of cerebral cortex
- six anatomical divisions of the cerebral cortex (specifically, the isocortex), distinguished according to the types of cells and fibers they contain. Numbered from the surface inward, they are: I, molecular layer (lamina molecularis); II, external granular layer (lamina granularis externa); III, external pyramidal layer (lamina pyramidalis externa); IV, internal granular layer (lamina granularis interna); V, internal pyramidal layer (lamina pyramidalis interna); and VI, multiform layer (lamina multiformis). In official terminology, called strata isocorticis. See illustration.
Coronal section through the isocortex, showing the six layers.
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