Studies on the histological composition and the percentage of the fatty acids of the adipose tissue on the abdominal wall

Abstract

The histological composition and the percentage of the fatty acids of the adipose tissue on the abdominal wall from 103 subjects (males; 45, nulliparous females; 28, parous females; 30) were examined. The materials used in this studies were obtained from the autopsy subjects in Tokyo Metropolitan Medical Examiner Office. 1. The subcutaneous fatty layer was divided into two layers of the superficial and deep layer by the middle layer containing abundant connective fiber elements. 2. The superficial layer was generally thicker than the deep layer, and its increasing tendency was markedly than that of deep layer in male but a few in female. 3. The numbers of the connective tissue fibers were always more in the superficial layer than in the deep layer in both sexes, and were more in order of male, parous female and nulliparous female, and increased with age. 4. The size of the connective tissue fiber was larger in the deep layer than in the the superficial layer and showed the tendency becoming smaller in order of male, parous female and nulliparous female in the superficial layer. © 1977, The Showa University Society. All rights reserved.