Question

How fats are digested in humans

Answer 1

Answer:

Lipase enzymes break down fat into fatty acids and glycerol. Digestion of fat in the small intestine is helped by bile, made in the liver. Bile breaks the fat into small droplets that are easier for the lipase enzymes to work on. Bile is not an enzyme.

Answer 2

Fats are digested in two parts of alimentary canal of human i.e, Buccal cavity and small intestine.

• The digestion of fats get started in the buccal cavity of alimentary canal with the help of lyzosymes.
• The second site for digestion of fats is small intestine,here pancreas secretes its juice and salts in small intestine .
• Bile salts helps as emulsifier and breaks the fat molecules into small globules.
• Further digestion of fats done with the help of pancreatic juices and enzymes  .