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C. Fat absorption
Fats Micelle Bile Liver
Lipases
Apolar lipids

Bile salts
Short-chain FFA
Intestinal lumen
Glucose Lipid Distribution and Storage II
MG
TG Enterohepatic circulation

TG
synthesis
Cholesterol
CHO-esters
Phospholipids
Fat-soluble vitamins Mucosal cell in Ileum Plate 10.16
Apolipoproteins Jejunum
Chylomicrons
Lymph To
systemic blood Portal venous blood
(Cf. legends for Plate 10.14B)
D. Source and fate of triacylglycerols and free fatty acids
Intestine Free fatty acids (FFA)
Triacylglycerine (TG) and
Diet Glucose monoacylglycerol
in micelles max. 15g/h Intestinal lymph

FFA Pancreatic
lipase
Energy metabolism TG Liver Pancreas TG in VLDL TG

Storage In chylo-
of excess fat max. 4g/h microns
Chylomicron Insulin
residues and IDL LPL

Blood FFA
Release from
stores 2–9g/h
TG
Energy metabolism
in muscle, heart, etc.
Epinephrine
Glucagon Storage 257
Cortisol in fat cells
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