Adipose

Question 1

type of connective tissue in which fat storing cells (adipocytes) predominates; fills space between tissues to keep organs in place

Answer 1

adipose tissue

Question 2

modified support cells specialized in the storage and metabolism of fat

Answer 2

adipocytes

Question 3

what receptors are in adipocytes?

Answer 3

insulin, glucocorticoids, growth hormone, and noradrenaline

Question 4

where are adipocytes derived?

Answer 4

mesenchyme

Question 5

recognizable precursor of adipocytes are?

Answer 5

lipoblast

Question 6

how are fats stored?

Answer 6

triacyl glyceride/triglycerides

Question 7

differentiates into preadipocytes and fibroblast

Answer 7

mesenchymal cells

Question 8

unilocular with one large lipid droplet occupying most of the cytoplasm; accumulates at 14th week age of gestation

Answer 8

white adipocytes

Question 9

preadipocytes in the paraxial differentiates into?

Answer 9

brown adipocytes

Question 10

appears as cluster of multilocular cells in white adipose tissue; amount and activity is higher in lean individual; increases in cold adaptation

Answer 10

brown adipocyte

Question 11

used for triglyceride storage and mobilization; serves as structural fill; acts as thermal insulator under the skin, forms part of shock-absorbing padding; forms felxible and deformable cushion against compression

Answer 11

white adipose tissue

Question 12

found particularly in newborn and some hibernating animals

Answer 12

brown adipose tissue

Question 13

how many percent of a newborn’s body weight located in the back, neck and shoulders are the brown adipose tissue?

Answer 13

2-5%

Question 14

what does the mitochondrial metabolism release instead of ATP?

Answer 14

heat

Question 15

responsible for thermogenesis

Answer 15

brown adipose tissue

Question 16

accumulation of adipose tissue that is of sufficient magnitude to impair health

Answer 16

obesity

Question 17

what is the normal bmi range

Answer 17

18.5-25

Question 18

what is the overweight bmi range?

Answer 18

25-29.9

Question 19

“appetite suppressor”

Answer 19

leptin

Question 20

too many leptin results to?

Answer 20

leptin resistant

Question 21

what are the factors that decreases leptin?

Answer 21

sleep deprivation, stress, and inflammatory food

Question 22

appetite stimulator

Answer 22

ghrelin

Question 23

produced in stomach and is the only known gut hormone that increases food intake

Answer 23

ghrelin

Question 24

factors that increases ghrelin?

Answer 24

sleep deprivation, stress, and inflammatory food increase

Question 25

produced by adipose tissue; fat burning molecule; guardian against obesity

Answer 25

adiponectin

Question 26

relatively large particles formed in the intestinal epithelial cells that are rich in ingested lipids

Answer 26

chylomicrons

Question 27

target cell of leptin is found in the?

Answer 27

hypothalamus