brown adipose cell

biology
Also known as: brown adipocyte, brown fat cell

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type of adipose cell

  • hormone signaling; adipose tissue
    In adipose cell

    …flattened, noncentrally located nuclei; and brown adipose cells contain fat droplets of differing size, a large amount of cytoplasm, numerous mitochondria, and round, centrally located nuclei. The colour of brown adipose is attributed to its relatively high density of mitochondria and its extensive vascular supply.

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