Fatty Tissue: Connective tissue composed of fat cells lodged in the meshes of areolar tissue.

Synonym: adipose tissues, adipose tissue.

Terms Related to Fatty Tissue

• Adipose Tissue Neoplasm

  Neoplasms composed of fatty tissue or connective tissue made up of fat cells in a meshwork of areolar tissue. The concept does not refer to ...

• Connective Tissue Neoplasm

  Neoplasms composed of connective tissue, including elastic, mucous, reticular, osseous, and cartilaginous tissue. The concept does not refer to neoplasms located in connective tissue.

• Connective Tissue

  Tissue that supports and binds other tissues. It consists of CONNECTIVE TISSUE CELLS embedded in a large amount of EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX.

• Fibrous Tissue Neoplasm

  Neoplasms composed of fibrous tissue, the ordinary connective tissue of the body, made up largely of yellow or white fibers. The concept does not refer ...

• Granulation Tissue

  A vascular connective tissue formed on the surface of a healing wound, ulcer, or inflamed tissue. It consists of new capillaries and an infiltrate containing ...

• Stromal Cell

  Connective tissue cells of an organ found in the loose connective tissue. These are most often associated with the uterine mucosa and the ovary as ...

• Fibroadenoma

  An adenoma containing fibrous tissue. It should be differentiated from ADENOFIBROMA which is a tumor composed of connective tissue (fibroma) containing glandular (adeno-) structures. (From ...

• Connective Tissues

  Tissue that supports and binds other tissues. It consists of CONNECTIVE TISSUE CELLS embedded in a large amount of EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX.

• Soft Tissue Sarcoma

  A connective tissue neoplasm formed by proliferation of mesodermal cells; it is usually highly malignant.

• Connective and Soft Tissue Neoplasms

  Neoplasms developing from some structure of the connective and subcutaneous tissue. The concept does not refer to neoplasms located in connective or soft tissue.