ABSTRACT
We recently developed a new concept: white and brown adipose tissues (WATs and BATs) are contained together into a dissectible “adipose organ” (Figure 1.1) [1-3]. It is composed of two main subcutaneous depots (anterior and posterior, forming about 60 to 70% of the organ) and several visceral depots (mediastinal, omental, mesenteric, perirenal, retroperitoneal, perigonadic, and perivesical). All depots are anatomically defined by a cleavage plane that allows a precise dissection of depots from surrounding structures.
