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