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ADIPOSE Flashcards

1
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WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE or BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE

• Subcutaneous
• Intra-abdominal
• Epicardial
• Gonadal

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WHITE

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WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE or BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE

• Interscapular
• Paravertebral
• Perirenal
• Cervical
• Supraclavicular

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BROWN

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WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE or BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE

Spherical

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WHITE

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WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE or BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE

Elliptical and smaller

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BROWN

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WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE or BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE

• Single lipid droplet
• Few mitochondria
• Flattened peripheral nucleus
• Little endoplasmic
reticulum

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WHITE

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WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE or BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE

• Multiple small lipid droplets
• Large number of mitochondria
• Oval central nucleus

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BROWN

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WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE or BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE

Storing energy

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WHITE

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WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE or BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE

• Expending energy and heat production (non-shivering thermogenesis)

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BROWN

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T or F|Adipose Tissue
Located throughout the body

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True

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10
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Adipose tissue

Represents _______ of the body weight

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15%-20%

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11
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Adipose tissue

Storage depots for

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neutral fats

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12
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Adipose tissue

Regulators of the body’s overall_________

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energy metabolism

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13
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Adipose tissue

Helps thermally______ the body

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insulate

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14
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2 types of adipose tissue

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White and Brown Adipose Tissue

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15
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Spherical when isolated but are polyhedral when closely packed

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16
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Each cell is very large, between 50 and 150 μm in diameter, and contains a single huge droplet of lipid that fills almost the entire cell

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17
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Signet-ring appearance

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18
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▪ Are called unilocular
▪ Long-term energy storage

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19
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2% to 5% of the newborn body weight: located mainly in the back, neck, and shoulders

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20
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In adults it is found only in scattered areas, especially around the kidneys, adrenal glands, aorta, and mediastinum.

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21
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Brown fat is due the very abundant______

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mitochondria

22
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Contain many small lipid inclusions and are therefore called

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multilocular

23
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Help mediate this tissue’s principal function of heat production.

Help mediate this tissue’s principal function of heat production.

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