The adipose tissue is made up of adipose cells or adipocytes.
An adipose cell consists of fat globule which displaces the nucleus and cytoplasm to the periphery.
Adipose tissue is of two types i.e. white fat and brown fat.
White fat: These are larger cells with single large fat globule.
Brown fat: These cells contain a number of fat globules and they are brown in colour due to the presence of pigment cytochrome. This fat is found in hibernating mammals and newborn babies.
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Adipose tissue consists of fat cells or adipocytes