island
[i´land] a cluster of cells or an isolated piece of tissue.
blood i's aggregations of mesenchymal cells in the angioblast of the embryo, developing into vascular endothelium and blood cells.
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in·su·la
, gen. and pl. in·su·lae
(in'sū-lă, -lē), [TA] 1. An oval region of the cerebral cortex overlying the extreme capsule, lateral to the lenticular nucleus, buried in the depth of the fissura lateralis cerebri (sylvian fissure), separated from the adjacent frontal, parietal, and temporal opercula by the circular sulcus of insula. Synonym(s):
insular area,
insular cortex,
island of Reil 3. Any circumscribed body or patch on the skin.
[L. island]
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island of Reil
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in·su·la
(in'sū-lă) [TA] 1. An oval region of the cerebral cortex overlying the extreme capsule, lateral to the lenticular nucleus, buried in the depth of the fissura lateralis cerebri (sylvian fissure).
Synonym(s):
island of Reil.
3. Any circumscribed body or patch on the skin.
[L. island]
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Reil,
Johann C., German physician, neurologist, and histologist, 1759-1813. island of Reil - an oval region of the cerebral cortex overlying the extreme capsule, lateral to the lenticular nucleus, buried in the depth of the fissura lateralis cerebri (sylvian fissure). Synonym(s): insula; insular area; insular cortex
Reil ansa - a complex fiber bundle. Synonym(s): ansa peduncularis
Reil band - Synonym(s): medial lemniscus; septomarginal trabecula
Reil ribbon - Synonym(s): medial lemniscus
Reil triangle - Synonym(s): lemniscal trigone
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