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panniculus

[ puh-nik-yuh-luhs ]

noun

, Anatomy.
, plural pan·nic·u·li [p, uh, -, nik, -y, uh, -lahy].
  1. a layer of tissue, especially a subcutaneous layer of fat.


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Other Words From

  • pan·nicu·lar adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of panniculus1

< Latin: small piece of cloth, rag, equivalent to pann ( us ) cloth, rag ( pane ) + -i- -i- + -culus -cule 1; panicle
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Example Sentences

Now, some persons can move the skin of their hairy heads; and is this not effected by the panniculus?

In one you say it is easy to see that the spines of the hedgehog are moved by the voluntary panniculus.

In this family and in the tenrec most of the species are protected by spines implanted in the skin-muscle, or panniculus carnosus.

This latter part is considered by some writers as forming a portion of the panniculus muscle of the neck.

As we pointed out above, there is also a panniculus muscle of the shoulder and one of the neck.

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