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visceral abdominal adipose tissue
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0014454
Subcutaneous adipose tissue that is located in the peritoneal cavity. [ http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/csmith https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/259 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]
Term info
Label
visceral abdominal adipose tissue
contributor
https://github.com/cmungall, https://github.com/paulacalipho, https://github.com/cindyJax
external definition
Adipose tissue located inside the peritoneal cavity, packed in between internal organs and torso. An excess of visceral fat is known as central obesity, or belly fat, the pot belly or beer belly effect, in which the abdomen protrudes excessively[BTO:0004041].
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
organ fat, abdominal fat, intra-abdominal adipose tissue, intra-abdominal fat, visceral fat, visceral adipose tissue
id
UBERON:0014454
Term relations
Equivalent to:
- adipose tissue and part of some abdomen and located in some peritoneal cavity and bounding layer of some viscus
Subclass of:
- adipose tissue of abdominal region
- part of some viscus
- located in some peritoneal cavity
- bounding layer of some viscus