Adipose Tissue_1

Adipose Tissue_1

1. a form of loose connective tissue

2. provides reserve fuel food, insulates against heat loss, & supports & protects organs

3. under skin, around kidneys & eyeballs, stomach, & breast

4. Yellow fat - inactive, most abundant, has a wide distribution (white at birth, yellow with age as it begins to oxidize)

5. Brown fat- very active, found only in specific areas of the body, axillae, neck, & near kidneys

6. closely packed adipocytes, nucleus pushed to side by large fat droplet