Term: | heart fat cell |
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Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
Name: | heart |
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Synonyms: | |
Definition: | Blood pumping organ composed of four components: sinus venosus, atrium, cardiac ventricle and bulbus arteriosus. |
Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000114] |
Name: | fat cell |
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Synonyms: | adipocyte, lipocyte, lipocytes |
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. |
Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0009082] |