brown adipose tissue

Preferred Label : brown adipose tissue;

Uberon definition : A thermogenic form of adipose tissue that is composed of brown adipocytes[MP,modified];

Uberon synonym : textus adiposus fuscus; multilocular adipose tissue; brown fat; adipocytus multigutturalis;

Uberon related term : BAT;

Uberon Function note : thermogenesis;

Uberon Taxon note : especially abundant in newborns and in hibernating mammals;

Details

Origin ID

0001348;

UMLS CUI

C0006298;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Brown Adipose Tissue [NCIt concept]
- Brown adipose tissue [FMA entity]
- Structure of brown fat (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- adipose tissue, brown [MeSH Descriptor]
- adipose tissue, brown [MeSH concept]
- brown fat [SNOMED Notion]
Semantic type(s)
- Tissue [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Brown Adipose Tissue [NCIt concept]
- Brown adipose tissue [FMA entity]
- Structure of brown fat (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- adipose tissue, brown [MeSH concept]
- adipose tissue, brown [MeSH Descriptor]
- brown fat [SNOMED Notion]
Uberon cross reference
- Brown Adipose Tissue [NCIt concept]
- Brown adipose tissue [FMA entity]
- Structure of brown fat (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]

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