1. 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

2. Scanning EM of Adipocytes
collagen
fibers
adipocyte

3. 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