panniculus

American  

[puh-nik-yuh-luhs] / pəˈnɪk yə ləs /

noun

Anatomy.

plural

panniculi

1. a layer of tissue, especially a subcutaneous layer of fat.

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Other Word Forms

• pannicular adjective

Etymology

Origin of panniculus

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

Example Sentences

Moreover, mice have a type of muscle called the panniculus carnosus, which lies between the fascia and the skin and is used to twitch the skin6.

From Nature

What was once a flat tummy turned into a full-blown panniculus.

From Slate

Panniculus, pa-nik′ū-lus, n. a thin, sheet-like investment.

From Project Gutenberg

Myology of the Horse: Panniculus Muscle of the Trunk 148 72.

From Project Gutenberg

In the same animal the muscular fibres of the panniculus of the trunk arise along a line which connects the stifle-joint to the withers, a line which is, consequently, oblique upwards and forwards.

From Project Gutenberg