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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.

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What molecules are released when fat undergoes digestion?

glycerols and fatty acids


What is synthesized by the liver for fat digestion?

The liver synthesizes bile, which is essential for fat digestion. Bile is stored in the gallbladder and released into the intestine, where it emulsifies fats, breaking them down into smaller droplets for easier digestion by enzymes. Additionally, bile salts help facilitate the absorption of fat-soluble vitamins.


What is thePurpose of the litmus solution in the fat digestion experiment?

The litmus solution is used in the fat digestion experiment to indicate changes in pH as a result of the breakdown of fats by lipase enzyme. When fats are broken down, fatty acids are released, which can lower the pH of the solution and cause the litmus paper to change color. This helps to visually demonstrate the process of fat digestion in the laboratory setting.


What hormone is released in the presence of fat and slows intestinal motility to allow longer digestion time?

It is Cholecystokinin (CCK)


Is poop fat free?

No, actually. Depending on how efficient your digestion is, at least some of that fat which you consume will be excreted. The proportion of the fat excreted depends upon your digestion efficiency.


What happens in digestion?

In chemical Digestion, starch and fat are digested by the enzymes in saliva


What prepares fats for digestion in the small intestine?

Fat is digested in small intestine. As Fat does not mix with water, large Fat globules are there and such they can not be digested by the pancreatic enzyme called 'Lipase' in short time. For that 'Nature' has evolved a very good solution. Bile salts are released by gall bladder under hormone released, called as 'Cholecystokinin'. Bile contains bile pigments to be excreted in the intestine and bile salts 1) Sodium taurocholate and 2) Sodiumglaucocolate. Both of them reduces the surfacetensionin the intestine. So that Fat becomes split into very small size particles called as 'chylomicron'. This increases the surface area of the fat globules to very large extent. There by digestion of Fat becomes much easy. In the distal part of intestine bile salts are reabsorbed to be released for next digestion. This is called as 'enter o- hepatic' circulation.


What happens in chemical digestion?

In chemical Digestion, starch and fat are digested by the enzymes in saliva


What is the chemical responsible for half of protein digestion and all of fat digestion?

pancreatic juice


How is lipase activity measured in the fat digestion experiment Why is that the chosen marker for digestion?

no idea


How does the digestion of fat in a strip of ham different from the digestion of starch in a piece of toast?

The digestion of fat will begin in the small intestine, whereas the digestion of starch which begin in the mouth (the mouth contains the enzyme amylase, which helps break down starch)


What organ does fat digestion begin in?

Mouth?