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External Pyramidal Cell Layer of the Cerebral Cortex
The third layer of the cerebral cortex, composed of an inner zone of medium sized pyramid-shaped cells with a single apical dendrite extending outward toward the surface and several dendrites extending inward and an outer zone of larger pyramid shaped cells whose dendrites and axons extend beyond this layer. (NCI Thesaurus)
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