Questions and Answers
Where are fatty acids broken down to acetyl-CoA?
Inside the mitochondria
What is the average fat stores in a young adult human's body?
15–20 kg (33–44 lb)
Where is most of the glycogen stored in the human body?
Locked inside the skeletal muscles
What happens to the 100 g (0.2 pound) of glycogen stored in the liver after one day of starvation?
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Where are fatty acids synthesized from acetyl-CoA?
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Where does the majority of lipid digestion begin?
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Why is the stomach not capable of efficiently cleaving triacylglycerols?
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What role do bile acids and bile salts play in lipid digestion?
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Which enzymes are produced in the pancreas for lipid digestion?
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How does the small intestine force the dispersion of lipid aggregates?
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