UNILOCULAR ADIPOSE TISSUE- 1
The unilocular adipose tissue is also commonly called white fat or yellow fat. Macroscopically, it is seen as a whitish or yellowish tissue. TÍts color depends somewhat on the diet, because several lipid molecules (e.g., vitamin A) are soluble in fat.
The unilocular adipose tissue occurs throughout almost the entire body and is an important reservoir of energy body. It secretes several molecules that act elsewhere in the body, considered as hormones.
This tissue is concentrated in certain regions of the body where it serves as support cushions (in the palms of the hands, soles of the feet, and buttocks), in the abdominal cavity (especially in the omentum and around organs present within this cavity), in the deep layers of the skin (subcutaneous layer), and in the posterior region of the eyeballs.
This tissue is also important to fill spaces between organs. There are sexual differences in the distribution of unilocular adipose tissue.
The unilocular adipose tissue occurs throughout almost the entire body and is an important reservoir of energy body. It secretes several molecules that act elsewhere in the body, considered as hormones.
This tissue is concentrated in certain regions of the body where it serves as support cushions (in the palms of the hands, soles of the feet, and buttocks), in the abdominal cavity (especially in the omentum and around organs present within this cavity), in the deep layers of the skin (subcutaneous layer), and in the posterior region of the eyeballs.
This tissue is also important to fill spaces between organs. There are sexual differences in the distribution of unilocular adipose tissue.
The cytoplasm of the adipocytes of the unilocular adipose tissue contains a large lipid drop (seen in yellow after placing the mouse over the image). This drop occupies most of the cell, displacing the nucleus and the remaining cytoplasm to the cell periphery.
As the lipid content is usually removed during routine histological techniques, an empty the space is observed where the fat was deposited.
A rim of cytoplasm observed at the cell periphery as a narrow layer that contains the cell nucleus.
Observe in the image that, due to the loose consistency of the fat, the shape of each adipocyte adapts to the contact surfaces of neighboring cells.
