subcutaneous tissue
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lowermost layer of the integumentary system in vertebrates
Key facts
- System
- Integumentary
- Latin
- tela subcutanea
- Mesh
- D040521
- Ta98
- A16.0.03.001
- Th
- H3.12.00.2.00001
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Research
59,353 papers- Ultrasonographic Anatomy and Examination of the Subcutaneous Tissue (in Lymphedema).Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine · 2025
- Assessing subcutaneous changes in lymphedema by subcutaneous tissue ultrasonography and pathological association.Scientific reports · 2025
- Management of skin and subcutaneous tissue in complex open abdominal wall reconstruction.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2018
- Tissue Resistance during Large-Volume Injections in Subcutaneous Tissue of Minipigs.Pharmaceutical research · 2020
- Identifying subcutaneous tissue microcalcification by Fluo-3 AM imaging in cutaneous calciphylaxis.Experimental dermatology · 2022
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Article
The subcutaneous tissue (from Latin subcutaneous 'beneath the skin'), also called the hypodermis, hypoderm (from Greek 'beneath the skin'), subcutis, or superficial fascia, is the lowermost layer of the integumentary system in vertebrates. The types of cells found in the layer are fibroblasts, adipose cells, and macrophages. The subcutaneous tissue is derived from the mesoderm, but unlike the dermis, it is not derived from the mesoderm's dermatome region. It consists primarily of loose connective tissue and contains larger blood vessels and nerves than those found in the dermis. It is a major site of fat storage in the body.
In arthropods, a hypodermis can refer to an epidermal layer of cells that secretes the chitinous cuticle. The term also refers to a layer of cells lying immediately below the epidermis of plants.