What does the suffix sis mean? The suffix sis is used to form nouns of action from verbs such as the process, state, or condition. Examples include thesis and aphesis. The suffix is Greek in origin.
1. fat cell-cells composed of fat. adipose cell. somatic cell, vegetative cell-any of the cells of a plant or animal except the reproductive cells; a cell that does not participate in the production of gametes; somatic cells are produced from preexisting cells;. fat cell-cells composed of fat. adipose cell. somatic cell, vegetative cell-any of the cells of a plant or animal except the reproductive cells; a cell that does not participate in the production of gametes; somatic cells are produced from preexisting cells;
Fats are stored in our fat cells as triglycerides, just like how glucose is stored as glycogen in our liver and muscles. Triglycerides are made of three saturated fatty acids. Remember a fatty acid is just a long chain of carbons with hydrogens attached. Fatty acids are always an even number of carbon atoms long.