Mastering Fat Digestion: A Comprehensive Guide

💡Fats consist of triglycerides with glycerol and three fatty acids.

💡Fatty acids can vary in type such as short chain, medium chain, or long chain.

💡CCK triggers gall bladder contraction to squeeze bile into duodenum for emulsification of fats.

💡Bile salts act as detergent to emulsify fat globules into smaller droplets, facilitating digestion.

💡Pancreas releases lipases in duodenum to further break down fats into smaller subcomponents.

💡Bile salts act as a detergent, surrounding fatty acids, cholesterol, and monoglycerides, facilitating their movement through the intestines.

💡The bile salts form micelles, small structures around 40 nanometers in diameter, to transport lipids through the intestinal wall into epithelial cells.

💡Lipids are absorbed into the lymphatic system instead of the bloodstream for processing.

💡Chylomicrons with ApoB48 move through the lymphatic system to enter the bloodstream.