A mass of closely packed fat cells (adipose tissue) surrounded by fibrous tissue septa[TMD]. [ http://amigo.geneontology.org/amigo/term/GO:0060613 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BTO_0000444 http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/fat+pad ]

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Subsets

pheno_slim

external definition

An accumulation of adipose tissue (fat cells) enclosed in fibrous tissue[BTO].

external ontology notes

FMA says isa fascia organ. Note that XAO and AAO have structures called fat pad/body, but these are gonad-associated, so we place them with the gonad-specific subclass

id

UBERON:0003916

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