The panniculus adiposus is the fatty layer of the subcutaneous tissues superficial to the panniculus carnosus a layer of vestigial muscle beneath it.McGrath, J.A.; Eady, R.A.; Pope, F.M. (2004). Rook's Textbook of Dermatology (Seventh Edition). Blackwell Publishing. Page 3.1. .
It includes structures that are considered fascia by some sources but not by others. Some examples include the fascia of Camper and the superficial cervical fascia.
A group of disorders of inflammation of this layer is called panniculitis.
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