Concept information
Preferred term
Adipose Tissue
Type
-
Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Entry terms
- Fatty Tissue
- Tissue, Fatty
Note
- inflammation = PANNICULITIS; /surg: consider also LIPECTOMY; do not confuse with FAT BODY
Scope note
- Specialized connective tissue composed of fat cells (ADIPOCYTES). It is the site of stored FATS, usually in the form of TRIGLYCERIDES. In mammals, there are two types of adipose tissue, the WHITE FAT and the BROWN FAT. Their relative distributions vary in different species with most adipose tissue being white.
In other languages
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Finnish
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textus adiposus
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000273
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