adipose tissue

Definition of adipose tissue

: connective tissue in which fat is stored and which has the cells distended by droplets of fat

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Recent Examples on the Web The physician makes a number of passes with the instrument and creates a number of pencil-sized tunnels through the adipose tissue. — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Treatments to sculpt your body: Is Liposuction or CoolSculpting® an option?," 12 June 2018 Fat is made of adipose tissue while muscles are composed of different types of protein. — Philly.com, "3 common fitness 'tips' to ignore," 17 Apr. 2018 And, how potential alterations in adipose tissue lipolysis affected substrate (FFA and glucose) utilization patterns and endurance running performance. — NOLA.com, "Optimum Performance: What you eat before training and competition matters," 13 Apr. 2018 Some gets stored in the liver as a reserve tank, and any excess is stored as fat, both in the liver and in adipose tissue around your body. — Amy Marturana, SELF, "Are Carbs Bad for You? What Eating Carbs Actually Does to Your Body," 6 Jan. 2018 This produced inflammation in the adipose tissue, which in turn led to insulin resistance, obesity and related diseases. — Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Insulin resistance cause found, reversed in animal study," 21 Sep. 2017

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