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MeSH Heading: Fat Body
Tree Number(s): A13.365
Unique ID: D005216
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005216
Annotation: in AMPHIBIANS & insects
Scope Note: A nutritional reservoir of fatty tissue found mainly in INSECTS and AMPHIBIANS.
Entry Term(s): Amphibian Fat Body; Insect Fat Body
Previous Indexing: Adipose Tissue (1966-1979)
Public MeSH Note: 1989; was see under ADIPOSE TISSUE 1980-1988
History Note: 89(80); was see under ADIPOSE TISSUE 1980-88
Date Established: 1989/01/01
Date of Entry: 1979/05/24
Revision Date: 2021/06/28

Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities (AB)

anatomy & histology (AH)

blood supply (BS)

chemistry (CH)

cytology (CY)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

drug effects (DE)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

injuries (IN)

innervation (IR)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiology (PH)

physiopathology (PP)

radiation effects (RE)

surgery (SU)

transplantation (TR)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Fat Body MeSH Descriptor Data 2025