Subcutaneous tissue
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Loose fibrous tissue situated directly below the skin. It includes blood vessels, connective tissue, muscle, fat and glands. In the context of intake through wounds, it represents tissue at the wound site in which radionuclides could be retained prior to removal of soluble or dissolved material to blood or insoluble material via lymphatic vessels.
ICRP Glossary entry - June 2019
