panniculus

American  

[puh-nik-yuh-luhs] / pəˈnɪk jə ləs /

noun

Anatomy.

• panniculi
  plural

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

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• pannicular
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• panniculi
  plural

Etymology

Origin of panniculus

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

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

panniculus

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

From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2014

In the carnivora, the panniculus of the trunk is not attached to the supraspinous ligament; it is blended with the same muscle of the opposite side, passing over the spinous region of the vertebral column.

From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by ?douard Cuyer

Panniculus Muscle of the Shoulder.—This thin muscle covers, as its name implies, the region of the shoulder, and is the continuation forward of the panniculus muscle of the trunk.

From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by ?douard Cuyer

They also occasionally have an associate muscular development in the subcutaneous tissues similar to the panniculus adiposus of quadrupeds, giving them preternatural motile power over the skin.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle

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

From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by ?douard Cuyer