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How are fats digested in our bodies? Where does this process take place? Explain.

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Digestion of fats takes place in the small intestine the fats are digested by the digestive enzymes. The fats are present in the from of large globle in the small intestine. Bile juice secreted by the liver is produced in the intestine along with pancreatic juice. The bile salts present in the bile juice emulsify the large globles of fats.

So by emulsification large globles breakdown into fine globules to provide large surface area to act upon by the enzymes. Enzyme present in the pancratic juice cause breakdown of emulsified fats. Glands present in the wall of small intestine secretes intestinal juice which contains lipase enzyme that converts fats into fatty acids and glycerol.



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