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Adipose Tissue and Adipocytes Quiz

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What is the main role of adipose tissue?

Generating connective tissue fibroblasts

Producing white and brown adipocytes

Synthesizing insulin and growth hormone

Storing and synthesizing triglycerides (correct)

Which type of adipocyte stores fat in the form of a single drop that displaces the cytoplasmic content and the nucleus?

White or unilocular adipocyte (correct)

Macrophages

Brown or multilocular adipocyte

Lymphocytes

What distinguishes the brown or multilocular adipocyte from the white adipocyte?

Lack of vascularization

Larger size and single large drop of fat

Smaller size and multiple small drops of fat (correct)

Presence of insulin receptors

Which component is scarce in white adipose tissue?

Extracellular matrix (ECM) Signup and view all the answers

What is the main function of adipose tissue?

Storing and synthesizing triglycerides Signup and view all the answers

Which type of adipocyte has hormone receptors that influence the formation or release of fat?

White or unilocular adipocyte Signup and view all the answers

What distinguishes brown or multilocular adipocytes from white adipocytes?

They are smaller and store fat in multiple small drops Signup and view all the answers

What is the main cell type in adipose tissue?

Adipocytes Signup and view all the answers

Which type of adipose tissue is composed mainly of white adipocytes?

White or unilocular adipose tissue Signup and view all the answers

Which component is scarce in white adipose tissue?

Extracellular matrix (ECM) Signup and view all the answers

Where does white adipose tissue mainly accumulate?

Subcutaneous tissue Signup and view all the answers

What type of cells are derived from mesenchymal cells and participate in the synthesis and storage of triglycerides?

Adipocytes Signup and view all the answers

What influences the formation or release of fat from the white or unilocular adipocyte?

Insulin, growth hormone, noradrenaline, and glucocorticoids Signup and view all the answers

Which type of adipocyte has abundant mitochondria?

Brown or multilocular adipocyte Signup and view all the answers

Adipose Tissue and Adipocytes Quiz

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Questions and Answers

What is the main role of adipose tissue?

Which type of adipocyte stores fat in the form of a single drop that displaces the cytoplasmic content and the nucleus?

What distinguishes the brown or multilocular adipocyte from the white adipocyte?

Which component is scarce in white adipose tissue?

What is the main function of adipose tissue?

Which type of adipocyte has hormone receptors that influence the formation or release of fat?

What distinguishes brown or multilocular adipocytes from white adipocytes?

What is the main cell type in adipose tissue?

Which type of adipose tissue is composed mainly of white adipocytes?

Which component is scarce in white adipose tissue?

Where does white adipose tissue mainly accumulate?

What type of cells are derived from mesenchymal cells and participate in the synthesis and storage of triglycerides?

What influences the formation or release of fat from the white or unilocular adipocyte?

Which type of adipocyte has abundant mitochondria?

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