isinglass

(i’sin-glas). See ichthyocolla. island (i/land). An isolated part or structure. blood-i. See dlood-island. i's of Langer hans, irregular structures in the pancreas composed of cells smaller than the ordinary secreting cells. These ma es of cells are thought to be connected with the metabolism of carbohydrates, and their degeneration to be one of the causes of diabetes. olfactory i’s, ma es of distorted pyramidal cells in the gray matter of the olfactory portion of the brain. Pander’s i’s, reddish-yellow areas of corpuscular matter in the splanchnopleure of the embryo. i. of Reil, the insula: a group of small cerebral convolutions (gyri operti) in the fi ure of Sylvius, covered by the operculum. Called also lobus central is.