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No, adipose tissue is body fat. Gristle is cartilage, and the word is often inaccurately used for hard cooked fat found on cooked meat.

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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 another name for adipose?

Adipose tissue can also be called body fat.


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.


Fat tissue is also referred to as adipose tissue?

It is true that fat tissue is also referred to as adipose tissue. Adipose tissue is a type of connective tissue whose main function is to store lipids.


What type of tissue stores fat?

Adipose tissue. This is a loose connective tissue comprised of fibroblasts, adipocytes, and immune cells.


A term for fat in the body?

Fat in the body is called adipose tissue. Fats are also called lipids.


What type of tissue is adipose?

Adipose tissue is body fat, a loose connective tissue that stores lipids (fats) and also functions in the endocrine system by secreting hormones.


Is fat tissue is also referred to as adipose tissue?

Yes.


What is the soft white fat tissue?

The soft white fat tissue is known as adipose tissue. It is a type of loose connective tissue that stores energy in the form of fat cells called adipocytes. Adipose tissue also helps cushion and insulate the body.


Is adipose a connective tissue?

Yes adipose, also known as fat, is a loose connective tissue.


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 tissue provides protective padding insulation and is a nutrient reserve is knowwn as what tissue?

That would be adipose tissue. It stores energy in the form of lipids as well as provides insulation to the body.