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During digestion fat is changed into?
Fatty acid molecules and glycerol
What molocules are released when fat undergoes digestion?
Fat undergoes digestion by Pancreatic enzyme 'Lipase'. For that bile salt helps in emulsification of Fat, so that very large surface area is created for action of enzyme. Fats are splits into Glycerol and Fatty acids like Palmitic acid (16 carbons chain.),Strearic acid (18 carbon chain.) and Arachidonic acid (20 carbon chain.). And then absorbed in small intestine.
What is the end product of fat digestion?
The end products of fat digestion are fatty acids and glycerol.
Why is digestion good?
Digestion breaks down fat, carbohydrates, and protein into smaller molecules that can be absorbed by your GI tract. Without it, no absorption --> malnutrition --> death
What is the difference between emulsification and the digestion of fat?
After you've eaten a roast dinner, fill up the tray that held the potatoes with water, and watch as giant globules of oil settle on the surface. Now imagine this taking place in your intestines. To enhance the surface area for enzymes to act upon, emulsification takes place to break these large blobs of fat molecules into smaller blobs. The example above was a simplified, but effective analogy. Digestion is where enzymes break up the individual fat molecules into smaller products, which are then easier to absorb into the blood. Emulsification = breaking down lots of fat molecules into smaller clumps of fat molecules. Digestion = breaking one fat molecule into smaller products.
What molecules do lipids become during digestion?
Lipids are fats so they are either stored as fat or used as energy.
What molecules are released when fat undergoes a hydrolysis reaction?
A fat molecule forms when glycerol joins with three fatty acids as three water molecule are removed during dehydration reaction.
What is the process of breaking down complex food molecules into simpler food molecules?
Catabolism is the process in which a complex substance is broken down into its smaller components. For example is you excersice for a sufficient amount of time, your body will begin "burining fat" (i.e., breaking it down into smaller molecules to release the necessary energy required for continued exercise).
What role does the bile play in digestion?
Function of Bile juiceBile juice helps in emulsificaton of fats.How Bile emulsifies fatsBile is alkaline solution. Its molecules have dual nature (one end is attracted to water molecule while other is attracted to aft molecule). Thus its molecules remain in between water molecules and fat molecules (emulsification process).If bile molecules were not present between fats and water, the fat molecules would be repelled by water molecules and be attracted to each other. The fat molecules would merge together because fats are insoluble in water. The merged fats would not be easily broken down with lipase (fat digesting enzyme).So bile attractes the fat molecules and separate them from each other. It makes the fat digestion easier.
Why must fat be emulsified?
The bile aids the digestion of fats by the process of emulsification. The importance of this process is that iy breaks down the large fat molecules, increasing the surface to ensure absorption for energy.
How does emulsification speed up digestion?
as we know enzymes assist in chemical digestion as they act on food, such as fat molecules, and break them down into simpler forms we can absorb. Bile salts, formed in the liver and secreted from gall bladder into the small intestine, act to emulsify large fat globules into smaller fat droplets. Emulsification is the process of breaking things into smaller parts (much like how detergents work). The basically break apart the fat molecules and cover them in a 'soapy' shield which prevents them from joining back together. This gives the fat molecules a larger surface area on which the enzymes can act to break them down. thus, the emulsification of fats helps their digestion by enzymes as the process creates a larger surface area on which the enzymes can work.
What is the importance of bile salts in digestion?
the bile converts larger molecules of fat into emulsified fat by a process called emulsification
