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fetal zone of adrenal cortex — the inner zone of the primordial adrenal cortex and that of the fetus and newborn; it begins involuting shortly after birth. See also definitive z. of adrenal cortex. Called also fetal adrenal cortex and provisional cortex … Medical dictionary
Cortex — The outer portion of an organ. The outer portion of the adrenal gland is called the adrenal cortex; the outer portion of the cerebrum is the cerebral cortex (a key part of the brain); the outer part of the kidney is the renal cortex (it lies just … Medical dictionary
human embryology — ▪ biology Introduction the process encompassing the period from the formation of an embryo, through the development of a fetus, to birth. The human body, like that of most animals, develops from a single cell produced by the union of… … Universalium
