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brown adipose tissue

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A thermogenic form of adipose tissue that is composed of brown adipocytes[MP,modified] [ MP:0011698 http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/smb ]

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Term information

database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim

definition

A thermogenic form of adipose tissue that is composed of brown adipocytes[MP,modified]

depicted by

Brownfat:PETCT.jpg

external definition

Adipose tissue, cells of which contain multiple small lipid droplets.[FMA]

function notes

thermogenesis

has exact synonym

brown fat

multilocular adipose tissue

textus adiposus fuscus

adipocytus multigutturalis

has related synonym

BAT

textus adiposus fuscus

id

UBERON:0001348

taxon notes

especially abundant in newborns and in hibernating mammals