adipose

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Adipose tissue normally provides important mechanical benefits by cushioning vital organs and providing insulation.

From Science Daily • Jan. 29, 2024

Adipose tissues additionally serve as insulation to help maintain body temperatures, allowing animals to be endothermic, and they function as cushioning against damage to body organs.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Adipose tissue, or fat tissue, is considered a connective tissue even though it does not have fibroblasts or a real matrix and only has a few fibers.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

Adipose tissue stores excess lipids, which are otherwise toxic to the body.

From Nature • May 22, 2012

Merritt had kept cheerful as long as there was anything to be done, but tears came to his eyes when he looked at Adipose.

From Side Show Studies by Herford, Oliver