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a thermogenic type of adipose tissue containing a dark pigment. It arises during embryonic life in certain specific areas in many mammals, and is prominent in newborn babies. It remains distinct and conspicuous in adults in only certain species, especially those that hibernate. Cf. white adipose t. Called also brown fat.Medical dictionary. 2011.
Brown adipose tissue — (BAT) or brown fat is one of the two types of adipose tissue (the other being white adipose tissue) that is present in many newborn or hibernating mammals.cite journal |author=Gesta S, Tseng YH, Kahn CR |title=Developmental origin of fat:… … Wikipedia
brown adipose tissue — noun One of the two types of adipose tissue present in many newborn or hibernating mammals which primary serves to generate body heat, and which contains several small vacuoles and a relatively high number of mitochondria and capillaries. Syn:… … Wiktionary
brown adipose tissue — noun see brown fat … New Collegiate Dictionary
brown adipose tissue — noun see brown fat … Useful english dictionary
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
adipose tissue — n connective tissue in which fat is stored and which has the cells distended by droplets of fat * * * fibrous connective tissue packed with masses of fat cells (adipocytes). It forms a thick layer under the skin and occurs around the kidneys and… … Medical dictionary
White adipose tissue — (WAT) or white fat is one of the two types of adipose tissue found in mammals (compare to brown adipose tissue). In humans, white adipose tissue composes as much as 20% of the body weight in men and 25% of the body weight in women. Its cells… … 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
Brown fat — Brown adipose tissue, a rapid source of energy for infants in whom it forms about 5% of body weight. It is brown because the cells in it are packed with small cellular organs called mitochondria, which are energy factories, and it has a rich… … Medical dictionary
adipose cell — ▪ biology also called adipocyte or fat cell connective tissue cell specialized to synthesize and contain large globules of fat. There are two types of adipose cells: white adipose cells contain large fat droplets, only a small amount of… … Universalium
