island of Reil

American  

[rahyl] / raɪl /

noun

Anatomy.

1. insula.

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island of Reil British  

/ raɪl /

noun

1. another name for insula

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Etymology

Origin of island of Reil

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

Example Sentences

Neither of the fissures of Sylvius is quite closed, the left less so than the right; the operculum is but slightly developed, and the island of Reil lies with its fissures almost entirely uncovered.

From The Mind of the Child, Part II The Development of the Intellect, International Education Series Edited By William T. Harris, Volume IX. by Preyer, William T.

Here is the "island of Reil," here the "pons Varolii"; here is the "arbor vitæ"; and here is the "subarachnoid space"; and here that wonderful contrivance of the great Designer that regulates the arterial supplies.

From My New Curate by Sheehan, Patrick Augustine

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.

From Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results by Talbot, Eugene S.

The third frontal convolution and the island of Reil were small on both sides, corresponding to the alalia.

From The Mind of the Child, Part II The Development of the Intellect, International Education Series Edited By William T. Harris, Volume IX. by Preyer, William T.

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

From Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results by Talbot, Eugene S.