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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Mol Aspects Med. 2012 Oct 13;34(1):1–11. doi: 10.1016/j.mam.2012.10.001

Figure 1. Major adipose depots in humans.

Figure 1

Subcutaneous adipose tissues include abdominal and gluteal, as well as femoral. Visceral adipose tissues are associated with digestive organs. Omental is attached to the stomach and mesenteric and epiploic are associated with the intestine and colon respectively. Peripheric fat surrounds the kidney and retroperitoneal fat is located in the retroperitoneal compartment.