Wiktionary
n. (context anatomy English) The outer portion of the adrenal glands that produces hormones essential to homeostasis
WordNet
n. the cortex of the adrenal gland; secretes corticosterone and sex hormones
Wikipedia
Situated along the perimeter of the adrenal gland, the adrenal cortex mediates the stress response through the production of mineralocorticoids and glucocorticoids, such as aldosterone and cortisol, respectively. It is also a secondary site of androgen synthesis. Recent data suggest that adrenocortical cells under pathological as well as under physiological conditions show neuroendocrine properties; within the normal adrenal, this neuroendocrine differentiation seems to be restricted to cells of the zona glomerulosa and might be important for an autocrine regulation of adrenocortical function.
Usage examples of "adrenal cortex".
The outer portion of the adrenal glands, which makes up about nine tenths of the mass of the organs is the adrenal cortex.
Just enough to keep your adrenal cortex in line and give the rest of your bodily emergency mechanisms a sense of responsibility.
There's a theory that even with the testes removed the adrenal cortex puts out enough testosterone to trigger Transition, but that's never been proved.
Stress reaction developing hypothalamic stimulation, pituitary and adrenal cortex, secretion of cortin, pulse rising, the organism responding to the brain's warning of danger to come.
It had been impressed upon Scytale's own neutral system, there to be triggered at the proper moment by the distrans embedded in his adrenal cortex.
And this isotope, acting upon the adrenal cortex and the parathyroid, which are instrumental in controlling certain cycles in the human body, might very readily bring about the effect we are discussing in an atypical species.