GENERAL HISTOLOGY

CONNECTIVE TISSUE GLAND

CONNECTIVE TISSUE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of these is not true of adipose tissue?
A
site of energy storage
B
acts as a protective cushion
C
brown adipose is only found in babies
D
functions as a heat insulator
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Brown fat, also called brown adipose tissue, helps maintain your body temperature when you get too cold. It’s the same fat that bears use to stay warm when they hibernate. Babies are born with a lot of brown fat behind their shoulder blades. Newborns can’t shiver, which is one of the ways the body creates heat.

Detailed explanation-2: -The type of adipose tissue found in infants is brown adipose tissue which contains many liquid droplets in adipocytes. Blood supply and mitochondria are more. It produces heat and maintains body temperature.

Detailed explanation-3: -Brown fat is especially abundant in hibernating mammals and newborns. In human neonates, BAT represents approximately 5% of the body mass and is located along the upper half of the spine and towards the shoulders, mainly surrounding the interscapular area11, 12, 13.

Detailed explanation-4: -Brown adipose tissue (BAT) is a highly specialized adipose tissue in its immobile location and size during the entire adulthood. In response to cold exposure and other 3-adrenoreceptor stimuli, BAT commits energy consumption by nonshivering thermogenesis (NST).

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