# Brain Cortex - Also called Cerebral Cortex - It has a folded appearance with hills and valleys - The nerve cell bodies color the cortex grey-brown giving it its name – gray matter - Beneath the cortex are long nerve fibers (axons) that connect [[Brain Areas]] to each other — called white matter - ![[Pasted image 20220509155537.webp]] - [[Gyrus]] - [[Basal Ganglia]] - Divided into parts - [[Medial Prefrontal Cortex]], and the [[Posterior Cingulate Cortex]] with the nearby [[Precuneus]] and [[Lateral Parietal Cortex]] **