White adipose tissue, light micrograph


Light micrograph of white adipose tissue, or fat, stained with haematoxylin and eosin. Adipocytes (fat cells) contain a large lipid droplet. They form lobules surrounded by connective tissue septa with blood vessels. In the centre, there is a muscular artery and a vein.


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