Question

Functional role of brown adipose tissue in new born infa ts

Answer 1

Brown adipose tissue help in providing insulation and cold resistance ability to new infants as they don't have well developed muscles for shivering.

Some points on Brown adipose tissue are:

• Brown adipose tissue is one of the subunit of adipose tissue.
• The adipocytes of brown adipose tissue are multilocular.
• This adipose tissue is brown in colour due to Cytochrome which is an iron containing pigment.
• This tissue is mostly present in foetus and infants.
• This tissue is also found in hibernating mammals Like rats and shrew.