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Cerebral cortex   /sˈɛrəbrəl kˈɔrtɛks/   Listen
Cerebral cortex

noun
1.
The layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum.  Synonyms: cerebral mantle, cortex, pallium.






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... respiratory centres of both sides would be activated from either side of the brain." This certainly applies also to the muscles of phonation, but not to the principal muscles of articulation, viz. the tongue and lips. It is not exactly known what part of the cerebral cortex controls the associated movements necessary for voluntary costal (rib) respiration in singing; probably it is localised in the frontal lobe in front of that part, stimulation of which gives rise to trunk movements (vide fig. 16). Whatever its situation, it must be connected by association ...
— The Brain and the Voice in Speech and Song • F. W. Mott



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