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Adipose tissue is deep to the skin; skin is superficial to adipose tissue. Adipose tissue is fat.

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In the skin the fat layer is also called?

In the skin, the fat layer is called the subcutaneous tissue or adipose tissue.


What is layer under skin is composed of adipose tissue?

The hypodermis is mainly composed of fat tissue (adipose).


What sheet of tissue underlines the skin?

The tissue underneath the skin is the adipose tissue, there to protect organs and insulate the body.


Which tissue that stores fat in our body?

Adipose (fat) tissue. Fat can also be deposited in muscle; with a disease such as muscular dystrophy or on organs like the liver with liver damage. There is a type of fat (brown) which exists on or around internal organs, and subcutaneous fat which is underneath the the out layers of skin.


What contains abundant adipose tissue?

Adipose tissue is also called fat tissue. It is found under the skin, around organs such as the eyes and kidneys, on the surface of the heart, around certain joints, and in some abdominal members as an "apron" over the abdominal organs. Your skin has three layers. Epidermis, dermis, and hypodermis. Adipose tissue is in the hypodermis.


What is the insulating material called under skin?

Adipose tissue is the fat layer under the skin and then muscular tissue.


Name a soft connective tissue?

adipose (fat), skin


Largely adipose tissue anchors the skin to underlying tissues?

the hypodermis


Where adipose tissue found?

Adipose tissue is also called fat tissue. It is found under the skin, around organs such as the eyes and kidneys, on the surface of the heart, around certain joints, and in some abdominal members as an "apron" over the abdominal organs. Your skin has three layers. Epidermis, dermis, and hypodermis. Adipose tissue is in the hypodermis.


What section of skin contains adipose tissue?

The hypodermis, which is the deepest layer of the skin, contains adipose tissue. This layer is made up primarily of fat cells that store energy, provide insulation, and act as a cushion.


Which section of skin contains adipose (fat) tissue?

The dermis contains a large amount of adipose tissue. This fat tissue provides cushioning for internal organs, as well as heat conservation.


Which gland produces leptin?

fat tissue or adipose tissue