The panniculus adiposus is the fatty layer of the subcutaneous tissues, superficial to a deeper vestigial layer of muscle, the panniculus carnosus.
[1] It includes structures that are considered fascia by some sources but not by others.
[2] A group of disorders of inflammation of this layer is called panniculitis.
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