DeCS

Descriptor English:

Adipose Tissue

Descriptor Spanish:

Tejido Adiposo

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	tejido adiposo
Entry term(s)	tejido graso
Scope note:	Tejido conjuntivo constituido por células grasas (ADIPOCITOS) alojadas en una malla de tejido areolar.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Tecido Adiposo

Descriptor French:

Tissu adipeux

Entry term(s):

Boule graisseuse
Graisse corporelle
Graisse du corps
Lame graisseuse
Tissu graisseux

Tree number(s):

A10.165.114

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000273

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.

Annotation:

inflammation = PANNICULITIS; /surg: consider also LIPECTOMY; do not confuse with FAT BODY

Allowable Qualifiers:

AB malformations
AH anatomie et histologie
BS vascularisation
CH composition chimique
CY cytologie
DE effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques
DG imagerie diagnostique
EM embryologie
EN enzymologie
GD croissance et développement
IM immunologie
IN traumatismes
IR innervation
ME métabolisme
MI microbiologie
PA anatomopathologie
PH physiologie
PP physiopathologie
PS parasitologie
RE effets des radiations
SU chirurgie
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virologie