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ADIPOSE TISSUE Unilocular (white) Fat Multilocular (brown) Fat Male greater omentum (pot belly) Female buttocks, thighs breasts developing fat- cuddly babies brown fat of hibernating anima
ADIPOSE TISSUE Unilocular (white) Fat Multilocular (brown) Fat
Malegreater omentum(pot belly)
Femalebuttocks, thighs
breasts
developing fat- cuddly babiesbrown fat of hibernating animals
Scanning EM of Adipocytes
adipocyte
collagenfibers
Blood-Adipose InterchangesH2C-OOR1
HC-OOR2
H2C-OOR3
R1R2R3
CH2OHCHOHCH2OH lipogenesis
lypolysis+
Triglyceride Fatty Acids Glycerol
triglyceridehydrolysis
of
fatty acidsand glycerol
Blood Capillary
Adipocyte
Triglycerides
Lipoproteins
lipoproteinlipase
glucose
fatty acidsynthesis
