| Term: | visceral fat fat cell |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| Name: | visceral fat |
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| Synonyms: | visceral fat deposit |
| Definition: | Adipose tissue on the surface of the organs within the pleuroperitoneal cavity. Visceral adipocytes were observed posterior to the swim bladder and lining the visceral cavity. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0005759] |
| Name: | fat cell |
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| Synonyms: | adipocyte, lipocyte, lipocytes |
| Definition: | A fat-storing cell found mostly in the abdominal cavity and subcutaneous tissue of mammals. Fat is usually stored in the form of triglycerides. Cell that stores fat in a unilocular lipid droplet, has a thin circular cytoplasm and pericentral nucleus. The average adult adipocyte diameter is between 30 and 40 micrometers. No adipocytes were observed in larvae on 6 or 9 dpf. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0009082] |