5 Questions
What are the main components of dietary lipids?
Triglycerides, phospholipids, free fatty acids, cholesterol
How are dietary triglycerides digested in the stomach and duodenum?
By gastric lipase and emulsification from vigorous stomach peristalsis
What happens to dietary cholesterol esters in the intestine?
They are de-esterified into free cholesterol
How are monoglycerides, free fatty acids, and free cholesterol solubilized in the intestine?
By bile acid micelles
What are the components packaged into 'nascent' chylomicrons once absorbed into enterocytes?
Triglycerides and cholesterol
Test your knowledge of exogenous dietary lipid metabolism with this quiz. Learn about the digestion and metabolism of dietary triglycerides, phospholipids, free fatty acids, and cholesterol.
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