adipose tissue

Preferred Label : adipose tissue;

MeSH definition : Specialized connective tissue composed of fat cells (ADIPOCYTES). It is the site of stored FATS, usually in the form of TRIGLYCERIDES. In mammals, there are two types of adipose tissue, the WHITE FAT and the BROWN FAT. Their relative distributions vary in different species with most adipose tissue being white.;

MeSH synonym : tissue, adipose; tissue, fatty; fatty tissue;

MeSH hyponym : body fat; fat pad; Fat Pads; Pad, Fat; Pads, Fat;

MeSH annotation : inflammation PANNICULITIS; /surg: consider also LIPECTOMY; do not confuse with FAT BODY;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adipose tissue;

Details

Origin ID

D000273;

UMLS CUI

C0001527;

Allowable qualifiers
- abnormalities [MeSH Qualifier]
- anatomy and histology [MeSH Qualifier]
- blood supply [MeSH Qualifier]
- chemistry [MeSH Qualifier]
- cytology [MeSH Qualifier]
- diagnostic imaging [MeSH Qualifier]
- drug effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- embryology [MeSH Qualifier]
- enzymology [MeSH Qualifier]
- growth and development [MeSH Qualifier]
- immunology [MeSH Qualifier]
- injuries [MeSH Qualifier]
- innervation [MeSH Qualifier]
- metabolism [MeSH Qualifier]
- microbiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- parasitology [MeSH Qualifier]
- pathology [MeSH Qualifier]
- physiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- physiopathology [MeSH Qualifier]
- radiation effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- surgery [MeSH Qualifier]
- transplantation [MeSH Qualifier]
- ultrastructure [MeSH Qualifier]
- virology [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- ANION GAP ABNORMAL [WHO-ART Preferred Term]
- Body fat observable (observable entity) [SNOMED CT concept]
- EWS Tumor Assessment Table [NCIt concept]
- Fat [LOINC System]
- Fat Pad [NCIt concept]
- Fat pad [ICD-11 More detail]
- Fat pad [FMA entity]
- Fatty Tissue [ICNP subject]
- Localized adiposity [ICD-10 category]
- Localized obesity (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Malignant neoplasm of other connective and soft tissue [ICD-10 category (who)]
- Malignant neoplasm of other connective and soft tissue [ICD-10 category]
- Other benign neoplasms of connective and other soft tissue [ICD-10 category (who)]
- Other benign neoplasms of connective and other soft tissue [ICD-10 category]
- Structure of normal fat pad (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- TOR1A wt Allele [NCIt concept]
- Tajik Chinese [NCIt concept]
- Trial Arms Domain [NCIt concept]
- Tufted Angioma [NCIt concept]
- adipose tissue [OBI concept]
- adipose tissue [ICD-11 Extension code]
- adipose tissue [UBERON concept]
- adipose tissue [Artificial nutrition thesaurus concept]
- adipose tissue [ICHI extension code]
- adipose tissue [Radlex concept]
- arterial pressure [Artificial nutrition thesaurus concept]
- arthropod fat body [UBERON concept]
- body fat [Artificial nutrition thesaurus concept]
- fat body [Radlex concept]
- fat pad [UBERON concept]
Manual BTNT mappings - CISMeF
- mesorectal fat [SYNODOS term]
Record concept(s)
- adipose tissue [MeSH concept]
- body fat [MeSH concept]
- fat pad [MeSH concept]
See also
- lipectomy [MeSH Descriptor]
- skinfold thickness [MeSH Descriptor]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- adipocytes [MeSH Descriptor]
- adipogenesis [MeSH Descriptor]
- adipose tissue, brown [MeSH Descriptor]
- lipolysis [MeSH Descriptor]
See also inter- (CISMeF)
- Body fat finding (finding) [SNOMED CT concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Tissue [UMLS semantic type]

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