island /is·land/ (i´lind) a cluster of cells or isolated piece of tissue.
island of Reil.
blood islands aggregations of mesenchymal cells in the angioblast of the early embryo, developing into vascular endothelium and blood cells.
bone island a benign focus of mature cortical bone within trabecular bone on a radiograph.
islands of Langerhans see under islet.
islands of pancreas islets of Langerhans.
island of Reil insula.
island of Reil (r l)n. An oval region of the cerebral cortex, lateral to the lentiform nucleus, and buried in the fissure of sylvius. Also called insula. |
island of Reil.
See central lobe.
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