The new version of OLS (OLS4) will be unavailable for the next few days while we resolve deployment issues.

You can continue to browse this version of OLS, but some ontologies may be out of date.

JSON

insula

Go to external page http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002022

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 ]

This is just here as a test because I lose it

Term information

database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, human_reference_atlas

latin term
cortex insularis [ NeuroNames : 111 ]
latin term
insula cerebri [ NeuroNames : 111 ]
abbreviation
iNS [ FMA : CMA FMA : 67329 ]
latin term
lobus insularis [ FMA : 67329 FMA : TA ]
latin term
insula Reilii [ NeuroNames : 111 ]
definition
  • 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.
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
external ontology notes
  • two classes in ncit, Central_Lobe is part of temporal lobe
has alternative id
  • UBERON:0023846
has exact synonym
  • insula lobule
  • insular region
  • island of Reil
  • insular lobe
  • central lobe
  • lobus insularis
  • cortex of island
has narrow synonym
  • insular cortex
has related synonym
  • insula Reilii
  • insula cerebri
  • insula of Reil
  • insulary cortex
  • cortex insularis
  • morphological insula
  • insular gyrus
id
  • UBERON:0002022
present in taxon
  • http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606