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insula

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Gray matter of the insular region of the neocortex. In gyrencephalic animals, it is part of the insular lobe and lies in the depths of the lateral fissure and covered by portions of the frontal, parietal and temporal lobes. It includes Brodmann areas 13-16. [ BIRNLEX:1117 ]

Synonyms: central lobe, insular region, lobus insularis, cortex of island, island of Reil, insula lobule, insular lobe

Term info

database cross reference
  • FMA:67329
  • BTO:0001105
  • Wikipedia:Insular_cortex
  • HBA:4268
  • EV:0100172
  • UMLS:C0021640 (BIRNLEX:1117)
  • neuronames:111 (BIRNLEX:1117)
  • BAMS:Ins
  • SCTID:279201009
  • DHBA:12176
  • BIRNLEX:1117
  • BAMS:AI
  • ncithesaurus:Insula
  • NCIT:C32278
  • NLX:11342
Subsets

uberon_slim, human_reference_atlas

UBPROP 0000012

two classes in ncit, Central_Lobe is part of temporal lobe

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Gray731.png

editor note

Consider splitting insular cortex from insular lobe. See https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/412

has related synonym

insular gyrus, morphological insula, insulary cortex, insula of Reil, cortex insularis, insula cerebri, insula Reilii

has alternative id

UBERON:0023846

has narrow synonym

insular cortex

id

UBERON:0002022

prefLabel

Insula, insula

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606