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What arease of the body does not have adipose tissue
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Eyelids, penis, scrotum,enatire auricle of external ear with the exception of lobule
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What regulates distribution of adipose tissue
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Sex hormones and adrenocortical hormones
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What is the colour of unilocular
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White to dark yellow
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What are adipose tissue
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Special type of cells whre adipose cells called adipocytes predominate
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In what type of tissues can adipose tissues be found
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connective tissue
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How much % of the bodys does adipose tissues weigh in men/women
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Men 15-20% women 20-25%
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What is the largest repository of energy in the body
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Adipose tissue
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What are some other functions of adipose tissue
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1. contributes to the thermal insulation of the body
2. storage tissue
3.helps shape the surface of the body
(subsutaneous layers ) 4. deposits act as shock absorbers -in fot and arms 5. fills up space between the tissues to help keep organs in place |
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There are two types od adipos tissue. name them
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Unilocular adipose tissue
multilocular adipose tissue
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Describe multilocular adipose tissue
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Made of cells that contain numerous lipid droplets and abundant brown mitochondria
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Describe unilocular adipose tissue
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Made of cells that have one large central droplet of yellow fat in the cytoplasm
surrounded by basil lamina
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