An oval region found in each hemisphere of the cerebral cortex, lateral to the lentiform nucleus and situated within the sylvian fissure, involved in sensation, emotion, and autonomic function.
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A small interior lobe of the cerebral cortex associated with various functions, as emotional response, perception, and motor control.
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An oval region found in each hemisphere of the cerebral cortex, lateral to the lentiform nucleus and situated within the sylvian fissure, involved in sensation, emotion, and autonomic function.
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Other Word Forms
Noun
Singular:
insula
Plural:
insulas
Origin of insula
New Latin īnsulafrom Latin island
From
American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Insula Sentence Examples
The insula Batavorum, lined with forts,.
Thus Dulcert reads Insula de Lanzarotus and Marocelus, the Laurentian map I.
The word first occurs in Sir Thomas More's Utopia, which was originally published in Latin under the title De Optimo Reipublicae Statu, deque Nova Insula Utopia (Louvain, 1516).
In 1257 Baldwin de Insula obtained a grant of a Thursday market, and an annual three days' fair at the feast of St Peter ad Vincula.
The island between the two arms acquired the name of Insula Sacra (still called Isola Sacra) by which Procopius mentions it.