Fat as a Tissue
Animals use fat for energy storage and insulation. Fat tissue (also known as adipose tissue) is a dynamic organ that expresses specific genes and secretes hormones and other signaling molecules.
![A clump of fat cells forming fat tissue.](images/molecular-structure-of-fat-02.png)
Animals use fat for energy storage and insulation. Fat tissue (also known as adipose tissue) is a dynamic organ that expresses specific genes and secretes hormones and other signaling molecules.