- brown adipose tissue
- noun see brown fat
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brown adipose tissue
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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 — n BROWN FAT * * * 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 … Medical dictionary
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 … 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
