Question

how is the
digested fat absorbed in the body​

Answer 1

Answer:

Lipids, or fat, go undigested in your digestive tract until they reach your small intestine, where they meet bile. Bile contains bile salts, which act as an emulsifier of lipids. This breaks the large fat droplets into smaller droplets that are then easier for the fat-digesting enzyme pancreatic lipase to

Answer 2

Absorption of digested fat:

 Fatty acids and glycerol being insoluble in water and bigger in size cannot be absorbed into the blood.

 Bile salts form tiny spheres called micelles and trap fatty acids and monoglycerides in the core of micelles.

 At the apical surface of epithelial cells, fatty acids and monoglycerides diffuse into the cells, leaving the micelles repeat this ferrying function.

 Fat soluble vitamins (A, D, E and K) are also absorbed in the same way.

 Within epithelial cells, fatty acids and glycerol recombine to form triglycerides.

  Triglycerides along with phospholipids and cholesterol aggregate into globules and become coated with proteins. These spherical masses are called chylomicrons.

 Because chylomicrons are so bulky, these cannot enter blood capillaries in the small intestine. Therefore, these enter more leaky lacteals (lymphatic capillaries) present in villi.

 These lymphatic vessels ultimately release the absorbed substances in blood.

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