What they treat: Although theyâre similar to medical doctors (they have also gone to medical school, but have DO after their names instead of MD), osteopathic doctors get extra training in the musculoskeletal system, which includes nerves, muscles, and bones.
Cerebral cortex. The cerebral cortex is the largest region of the mammalian brain and plays a key role in memory, attention, perception, cognition, awareness, thought, language, and consciousness. The cerebral cortex is the most anterior (rostral) brain region and consists of an outer zone of neural tissue called gray matter, which contains neuronal cell bodies.
Functions of the brain. The brain is made up of several parts. Thought , voluntary movement , language, reasoning and perception are the major functions of the cerebral cortex. Cortex literally means bark (of a tree) in latin and is so termed because it is a sheet of tissue that makes up the outer layer of the brain.