- yellow adipose tissue
- white adipose t.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
yellow adipose tissue
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Adipose tissue — For the Doctor Who creatures, see List of Doctor Who monsters and aliens#Adipose. Adipose tissue is one of the main types of connective tissue. In histology, adipose tissue or body fat or fat depot or just fat is loose connective tissue composed… … Wikipedia
white adipose tissue — the adipose tissue comprising the bulk of the body fat; called also yellow adipose t. Cf. brown adipose t … Medical dictionary
Adipose — means fat but is usually used to refer specifically to tissue made up of mainly fat cells such as the yellow layer of fat beneath the skin. The word adipose comes from the Latin adeps meaning fat, particularly lard. * * * Denoting fat. * * *… … Medical dictionary
yellow fat disease — n a disease esp. of swine, cats, and ranch raised mink that is associated with a deficiency of vitamin E and is marked by inflammation of the fatty tissue, subcutaneous edema, and varied visceral lesions called also steatitis, yellow fat * * *… … Medical dictionary
connective tissue — Anat. a tissue, usually of mesoblastic origin, that connects, supports, or surrounds other tissues, organs, etc. [1880 85] * * * Tissue in the body that maintains the form of the body and its organs and provides cohesion and internal support,… … Universalium
Connective tissue — A material made up of cells that form fibers in the framework providing a support structure for other body tissues. Cartilage and bone are specialized forms of connective tissue. Connective tissue is typically rich in what is called extracellular … Medical dictionary
connective tissue — the tissue that supports, binds, or separates more specialized tissues and organs or functions as a packing tissue of the body. It consists of an amorphous ground substance of mucopolysaccharides in which may be embedded white (collagenous),… … The new mediacal dictionary
brown fat — noun : a mammalian heat producing tissue occurring especially in human fetuses and newborn infants and in hibernating animals called also brown adipose tissue * * * brownish yellow adipose tissue in the upper back, or interscapular, region of… … Useful english dictionary
brown fat — brownish yellow adipose tissue in the upper back, or interscapular, region of many mammals, most conspicuously in hibernating species, composed of numerous innervated fat cells that can produce heat during cold stress; thermogenic tissue. [1950… … Universalium
brown fat — brown′ fat′ n. phl brownish yellow adipose tissue that accumulates in hibernating mammals, producing heat if the body becomes too cold … From formal English to slang
