Subcutaneous adipose tissue that is located in the peritoneal cavity. [ https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/259 http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/csmith CALOHA:paula http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]
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].
abdominal fat
organ 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
- adipose tissue
- adipose tissue of abdominal region
- located in some peritoneal cavity
- bounding layer of some viscus