Subcutaneous adipose tissue that is located in the peritoneal cavity. [ http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/csmith https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/259 CALOHA:paula ]
Term information
- CALOHA:TS-2405
- BTO:0004041
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[BTO:0004041].
organ fat
abdominal fat
intra-abdominal adipose tissue
intra-abdominal fat
visceral fat
visceral adipose tissue
Term relations
- adipose tissue and part of some abdomen and located in some peritoneal cavity and bounding layer of some viscus