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A type of connective tissue that is specialized for the storage of neutral fats (lipids). Adipose cells originate mainly from fibroblasts. In the...



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Figure 1.White adipose cell with a large single fat droplet. ( After T. L. Lentz, Cell Fine Structure: An Atlas of Drawings of Whole-Cell Structure, W. B. Saunders, 1971)
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Figure 2.Brown adipose cell with many small lipid droplets. ( After T. L. Lentz, Cell Fine Structure: An Atlas of Drawings of Whole-Cell Structure, W. B. Saunders, 1971)
From Encyclopedia article 'Adipose tissue'