island of Reil

[ rahyl ]

noun

, Anatomy.

1. insula.

island of Reil

/ raɪl /

noun

1. another name for insula

Word History and Origins

Origin of island of Reil¹

Named after J. C. Reil (died 1813), German physician

Word History and Origins

Origin of island of Reil¹

after Johann Reil (died 1813), German physician

Example Sentences

Reil, after whom the Island of Reil is named, and who taught us much with regard to brain anatomy, was also interested in the influence of mind on body.

From Project Gutenberg

The most pronounced differences were exhibited in the island of Reil and in the occipital lobe.

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The island of Reil on the left side had fewer and flatter gyri than that of the right side, and resembled in its general aspect the first impression of the brain of an orang-outang.

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The middle cerebral artery extends outward into the Sylvian fissure of the brain, and supplies the island of Reil, the orbital part, and the outer face of the frontal lobe, the parietal lobe, and the temporo-sphenoidal lobe; it also gives a choroid branch to the choroid plexus of the velum interpositum.

From Project Gutenberg

The Central Lobe of the hemisphere, more usually called the insula or island of Reil, does not come to the surface of the hemisphere, but lies deeply within the Sylvian fissure, the opercula forming the margin of which, conceal it.

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