Abstract:
The objective of the study was to assess the peculiarities of the structure and distribution of adipose tissue of the lower leg in human fetuses of 5-8 months. Conclusions. Adipocytes are located singly in 5-month-old human fetuses, in 6-month-old fetuses they form elongated clusters, and from the end of the 7th to the beginning of the 8th month of the fetal period of ontogenesis, adipocytes form plaque-like structures located in several rows. The lowest number of fat cells is observed in 5-month-old human fetuses, among which the percentage of multilocular cells is 85.3±0.92%. In 6-month-old human fetuses, the ratio of multilocular cells to unilocular cells is 93.0±0.12%; in 7-month-old fetuses – 72.7±0.16%; in fetuses of 8 months of gestation – 57.8±0.17%.
