Preferred Name

fat cell

Synonyms

lipocytes

adipocyte

lipocyte

Definitions

A fat-storing cell found mostly in the abdominal cavity and subcutaneous tissue of mammals. Fat is usually stored in the form of triglycerides. Cell that stores fat in a unilocular lipid droplet, has a thin circular cytoplasm and pericentral nucleus. The average adult adipocyte diameter is between 30 and 40 micrometers. No adipocytes were observed in larvae on 6 or 9 dpf.

ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ZFA_0009082

database_cross_reference

TAO:0009082

CL:0000450

TAO:0009208

CL:0000136

definition

A fat-storing cell found mostly in the abdominal cavity and subcutaneous tissue of mammals. Fat is usually stored in the form of triglycerides. Cell that stores fat in a unilocular lipid droplet, has a thin circular cytoplasm and pericentral nucleus. The average adult adipocyte diameter is between 30 and 40 micrometers. No adipocytes were observed in larvae on 6 or 9 dpf.

develops_from

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ZFA_0009081

end stage

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ZFS_0000044

has_alternative_id

ZFA:0009208

has_exact_synonym

lipocytes

adipocyte

lipocyte

has_obo_namespace

zebrafish_anatomy

id

ZFA:0009082

in_subset

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/zfa#cell_slim

label

fat cell

notation

ZFA:0009082

part_of

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ZFA_0005345

prefLabel

fat cell

start stage

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ZFS_0000039

treeView

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ZFA_0009081

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ZFA_0009000

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ZFA_0005345

subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ZFA_0009000

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