How are lipids digested in the body?
1 Answer
Nov 3, 2015
Lipid digestion mainly occurs in the small intestine.
In duodenum, the gall bladder at first secretes bile, through bike duct.
The bile emulsifies the large fat globules into tiny droplets, so that enzymes can act on them.
After that, pancreas through the pancreatic duct releases enzyme lipase or pancreatic lipase.
Enzyme lipase converts the droplets to glycogen and fatty acid.
Later in the ileum, the fatty acid and glycerol is absorbed, through the villus.
