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What section of the alimentary canal does chemical digestion occur for lipids?
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Where is lipids digested in the human body?
lipids are commonly called fats because lipids can accumulate anywhere including your skin or your arteries. lipid digestion usually occures in the stomach or in the intestines. But to much lipids can cause obesity.
Where does the chemical digestion of lipids begin?
In the mouth Precisely in the salivary glands because there are enzymes that are being produced
What is a lipids role in nutrition?
Lipids are fats broken down by digestion.
When you ingest large molecules such as lipids carbohydrates and proteins they must undergo catabolic reactions whereby enzymes split these molecules?
chemical digestion
Is the bile a digestive system?
Bile, produced by the liver aids in the digestion of lipids. Lipids are triglycerides that have various functions in the body, including digestion.
Do lipids enter the bloodstream after digestion?
yes
Do bile salts produce lipids?
No, bile salts emulsify lipids to aid in their digestion.
What assist in the digestion of lipids?
the contraction of stomach walls produces heat and digist lipids
What type of food begins its digestion in the duodenum?
Lipids.
What are the products of digestion of lipids?
fatty acids and glycerol
Chemical digestion is possible because of certain kinds of proteins called what?
The answer would be "Enzymes".The key digesting enzymes include lipases (for lipids), proteases (for proteins). Other enzymes important is amylases, which digest certain types of sugars.
What enzyme does the majority of digesting lipids?
Most lipids that you consume in your diet are fats some digestion occurs that allows lipase a fat -digesting pancreatic enzyme to aid in digestion.
