1answer.
Ask question
Login Signup
Ask question
All categories
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Social Studies
  • Business
  • History
  • Health
  • Geography
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Computers and Technology
  • Arts
  • World Languages
  • Spanish
  • French
  • German
  • Advanced Placement (AP)
  • SAT
  • Medicine
  • Law
  • Engineering
BartSMP [9]
3 years ago
12

What is the function of brown adipose tissue?

Biology
1 answer:
kupik [55]3 years ago
8 0

The brown adipose tissue is located in fatty interscapular, supraclavicular, pericardial, para-aortic deposits, around the pancreas, kidneys and trachea, mainly.

Its main function is to regulate thermogenesis (heat production) and this is due to the fact that the highest percentage of brown tissue can be found in the thorax and abdomen. The mechanism by which it produces heat is because it dissipates the energy thus producing heat.

The adipose tissue, on the one hand, fulfills mechanical functions: one of them is to serve as a buffer, protecting and keeping in place the internal organs as well as other more external structures of the body, and also has metabolic or energy reserve functions since it is responsible for generating fats for the body. In addition we must also name the functions of thermal insulation (to maintain the proper body temperature of each individual)

The brown adipose tissue occupies a percentage in newborns since they need to fight the external temperature. In them it constitutes 2-5% of the body weight and is found between the scapulae, in the armpits, in the neck area and along the blood vessels. This percentage decreases as we grow.

The brown adipose is also an endocrine organ that secretes signaling factors that activate the metabolism of fats and carbohydrates.

You might be interested in
What describes a trait from a recessive gene
Lera25 [3.4K]

Answer:

A recessive trait is a trait that is expressed when an organism has two recessive alleles, or forms of a gene.  Dominant alleles mask the effects of recessive alleles, so a recessive trait is only expressed when an organism has two recessive alleles for a gene.

hope this helps :)

4 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
What are the roles of the axon and dendrite?​
erma4kov [3.2K]

The axon, or nerve fiber, is an extension of the neuron that drives the electrical signal from the cell body to the synaptic zones. Along the axon, this signal consists of action potentials.

The other extensions of the neuron are the dendrites that lead the signal from the synapses to the cell body (to be then driven to the axon). The neurons most often have a single axon and several dendrites (the influx can come from several directions, or several dendrites, but always converge towards the axon).

6 0
3 years ago
The ____ is the primary site for non essential amino acid production in humans
yulyashka [42]
The correct term to fill in the blank would be pancreas. It is the pancreas that is the primary site for non essential amino acid production in humans. It can be found in the abdomen. There are two functions that the pancreas do. First, it aids in the digestion, an exocrine function. Second, it helps in the regulation of substances inside the body, an endocrine function.
6 0
3 years ago
Mark is studying jellyfish in a small body of water. Mollusks are a primary food source for jellyfish, and a large number of mol
ankoles [38]

Answer:

Carrying capacity for the jellyfish would reduce

Explanation:

Carrying capacity of a biological population in an ecosystem is the maximum number of population size the environment or habitat can conveniently cater for given the available resources such as, food, water supply, space etc.

The survival of the jelly fish largely in the small body of water would be largely dependent on how much food that is available.

The large number of mollusks harvested would reduce the available food in the small body of water, hence, reducing the carrying capacity for jellyfish.

5 0
3 years ago
The most complex organic compounds are the _________.
Anna [14]
Answer:  [B]:  "proteins" .
_________________________________
7 0
3 years ago
Other questions:
  • Psychologists are supposed to make the most ethical decision they can in any circumstance. Please select the best answer from th
    6·2 answers
  • A person has such severe epilepsy that his limbs are paralyzed, and doctors recommend a radical hemispherectomy. Identify the ex
    13·1 answer
  • Do you think humans will be able to genetically engineer future humans in your life time?
    14·1 answer
  • The conspirators beg for the return of my brother
    6·1 answer
  • Dehydration reactions remove two _____
    6·1 answer
  • Conservation biologist are most interested in which three evolution mechanisms
    15·1 answer
  • What can a deficiency of growth hormone during bone formation cause? what can a deficiency of growth hormone during bone formati
    6·1 answer
  • Muscle fibers differ from typical cells in that muscle fibers ______________
    14·1 answer
  • A The Atlantic Ocean will become wider
    13·1 answer
  • What is required to carry out fermentation or anaerobic respiration
    13·2 answers
Add answer
Login
Not registered? Fast signup
Signup
Login Signup
Ask question!