Anatomy
fat body
fat bod·y
Subclass of:
Animal Structures
Definitions related to fat body:
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A nutritional reservoir of fatty tissue found mainly in INSECTS and AMPHIBIANS.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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Nutritional resevoir of fatty tissue found mainly in insects and amphibians.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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