Adipose tissue

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Adipose tissue acts as an insulating layer, helping to reduce heat loss through the skin. It also has a protective function, providing mechanical protection and support around some of the major organs, e.g. kidneys. Adipose tissue is also a means of energy storage.

Adipose: Loose CT. Source of stored energy, thermal insulation, cushion. Highly vascular but capillaries have small dimensions compared to adipocytes.

SEM (scanning electron microscope) micrograph of fat cells.

Fat tissue. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of fat cells (adipocytes, round) surrounded by fine strands of supportive connective tissue.

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Illustration about Fat Cells from white adipose tissue. adipocytes. Vector diagram. Illustration of lipid, responsible, eating - 40092946

10 b Connective tissue loose areolar ...adipose... Dense regular...mucoid

A new study has affirmed the link between the presence of brown fat and improved cardiac or metabolic health, validating the relatively new hypothesis that the type of adipose tissue commonly referred to as brown fat confers broad health benefits.

Areolar tissue (loose fibrous connective tissue) are characterized by lots of ground substance (more space, less fibers). It contains collagen and elastic fibers, fibroblasts, and numbers blood vessels. It can be found underlying almost all epithelia (providing nutrients from blood vessels to epithelia) , around blood vessels, esophagus, trachea, etc. It functions to loosely bind epithelia to other tissues, immune function, and allows passage for nerves/blood vessels.