Metabolism
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Children with fatty diarrhoea
Objectives
By the end of this exercise you should be able to:
Describe the processes involved in the digestion and absorption of dietary triacylglycerol
Explain the importance of lipase
Explain how non-esterified fatty acids, monoacylglycerol, bile salts and unesterified cholesterol emulsify triacylglycerol into micelles
Describe in outline the formation of chylomicrons
Explain the difference between the absorption of water-soluble products of digestion (monosaccharides and amino acids) and lipid-soluble compounds
Describe the different routes of absorption of long-chain and medium-chain fatty acids
Describe the clearance of chylomicrons from the circulation and the control of lipoprotein lipase