adipose tissue

Introduction

Tissue consisting primarily of adipocytes surrounded by reticular fibers arranged in lobular groups or along the course of a small blood vessel.

More general terms

• tissue

More specific terms

• abdominal fat; android fat
• brown adipose tissue
• fatpad
• localized adiposity
• subcutaneous fat; gynoid fat
• visceral fat; omental fat; intra-abdominal fat

Additional terms

• adipocyte
• age-associated changes in adipose tissue
• fat