abdominal adipose tissue
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.
SEEDED workflow status. The source-seeding rules supplied this record; consult its curation history for later attributed changes. This status does not establish human review.
Source attestations
| Source | Label / path | Assertions | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| PREGO | abdominal adipose tissue | 1 | TAXON |
Broader habitats
- adipose tissue
BTO:0001487
Associated taxa
| Taxon | Source | Rank | Pool | Corroborated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Blattabacterium sp. (Cryptocercus punctulatus) str. Cpu NCBITaxon:1075399 |
PREGO | 1 | 1 |
Also called
- abdominal adipose tissues
- abdominal fat
- abdominal fatic
- abdominal fats
- intra-abdominal fat
- intra-abdominal fatic
- intra-abdominal fats
- organ fat
- organ fatic
- organ fats
- visceral adipose tissue
- visceral adipose tissues
- visceral fat
- visceral fatic
- visceral fats