Position assumed by patients with severe brain damage (decorticate rigidity or posturing) with arms flexed, fists clenched, and legs extended; opposite is decerebrate rigidity with the extremities stiff and extended, and the head retracted.
Removal of all or part of the outer layer (cortex) of an organ or structure.
The state of being without a functioning cortex in the brain. When, with stimulation, the arms of a comatose person are rigidly flexed at the elbows and wrists, he or she is said to be in decorticate posture.