2024 CPPS 303 - Adipose Tissue 1 Complete Questions & Answers (Solved) 100% Correct
- Where is subcutaneous fat located?
Answer: abdominal, femoral, upper body, gluteal cranial
- Where is visceral, intra-abdominal fat located?
Answer: omental, mesenteric
- What is another word for adipose cell
Answer: adipocyte
- What does adipocytes store?
Answer: energy in the form of TAG
- What are adipocytes highly sensitive to?
Answer: Insulin, glucose uptake ; lipid uptake, lipolysis
- What are teh secretory functions of adipocytes?
Answer: regulate distant, target cells
- What does the disruption of any functions of adipocytes lead to?
Answer: development of systemic metabolic dysfunction
- What makes up adipose tissue?
Answer: Mature, functional adipocytes, precursor cells and non-adipocytes such as hormones and cytokines
- How do different types of adipocytes differ?
Answer: shape, size color and the intra- cellular structures of organelles
- How are different types of adipocytes the same?
Answer: All can store lipids
- What is a white adipocyte?
Answer: Spherical in shape and each contains a large, single lipid droplet.
Expandable up to 100um diameter Large capacity for lipid storage
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