ADIPOSE TISSUE Unilocular (white) Fat Multilocular (brown) Fat Male Female developing fat- cuddly babies brown fat of hibernating animals greater omentum buttocks, thighs (pot belly) breasts
Scanning EM of Adipocytes collagen fibers adipocyte
Blood-Adipose Interchanges H2C-OOR1 lypolysis R1 CH2OH R2 + HC-OOR2 CHOH R3 H2C-OOR3 lipogenesis CH2OH Fatty Acids Glycerol Triglyceride Adipocyte hydrolysis of triglyceride fatty acid synthesis Triglycerides lipoprotein lipase fatty acids and glycerol Lipoproteins glucose Blood Capillary