Subcutaneous adipose tissue that is located in the peritoneal cavity. [ https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/259 CALOHA:paula http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/csmith http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]
Term information
- BTO:0004041
- CALOHA:TS-2405
Adipose tissue located inside the peritoneal cavity, packed in between internal organs and torso. An excess of visceral fat is known as central obesity, or belly fat, the pot belly or beer belly effect, in which the abdomen protrudes excessively[BTO:0004041].
organ fat
abdominal fat
intra-abdominal adipose tissue
intra-abdominal fat
visceral fat
visceral adipose tissue
Term relations
- adipose tissue and part of some abdomen and located_in some peritoneal cavity and bounding layer of some viscus
- adipose tissue
- adipose tissue of abdominal region
- part of some viscus
- located_in some peritoneal cavity
- bounding layer of some viscus