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  2. Lipid metabolism - Wikipedia

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    The majority of lipid digestion and absorption, however, occurs once the fats reach the small intestines. Chemicals from the pancreas ( pancreatic lipase family and bile salt-dependent lipase ) are secreted into the small intestines to help breakdown the triglycerides, [ 10 ] along with further mechanical digestion, until they are individual ...

  3. Digestive enzyme - Wikipedia

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    The enzymes that are secreted in the stomach are gastric enzymes. The stomach plays a major role in digestion, both in a mechanical sense by mixing and crushing the food, and also in an enzymatic sense, by digesting it. The following are enzymes produced by the stomach and their respective function: Pepsin is the main gastric enzyme.

  4. Enterocyte - Wikipedia

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    Lipid uptake. Lipids are broken down by pancreatic lipase aided by bile , and then diffuse into the enterocytes. Smaller lipids are transported into intestinal capillaries, while larger lipids are processed by the Golgi and smooth endoplasmic reticulum into lipoprotein chylomicra and exocytozed into lacteals .

  5. Lacteal - Wikipedia

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    A lacteal is a lymphatic capillary that absorbs dietary fats in the villi of the small intestine. Triglycerides are emulsified by bile and hydrolyzed by the enzyme lipase, resulting in a mixture of fatty acids, di- and monoglycerides. [1] These then pass from the intestinal lumen into the enterocyte, where they are re-esterified to form ...

  6. Chylomicron - Wikipedia

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    Chylomicron structure ApoA, ApoB, ApoC, ApoE (apolipoproteins); T (triacylglycerol); C (cholesterol); green (phospholipids). Chylomicrons transport lipids absorbed from the intestine to adipose, cardiac, and skeletal muscle tissue, where their triglyceride components are hydrolyzed by the activity of the lipoprotein lipase, allowing the released free fatty acids to be absorbed by the tissues.

  7. Human digestive system - Wikipedia

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    Segmentation contractions act to mix and move the chyme more slowly in the small intestine allowing more time for absorption (and these continue in the large intestine). In the duodenum, pancreatic lipase is secreted together with a co-enzyme , colipase to further digest the fat content of the chyme.

  8. Cholecystokinin - Wikipedia

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    CCK mediates digestion in the small intestine by inhibiting gastric emptying. It stimulates the acinar cells of the pancreas to release a juice rich in pancreatic digestive enzymes (hence an alternate name, pancreozymin) that catalyze the digestion of fat, protein, and carbohydrates. Thus, as the levels of the substances that stimulated the ...

  9. Gastrointestinal physiology - Wikipedia

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    Acid in small intestine Gastric inhibitory Peptide: Endocrine K cells of the small intestine Beta cells of the pancreas Stimulates pancreatic insulin release Inhibits acid secretion None Satiety and lipid metabolism Glucose, fatty acid, and amino acids in small intestine Motilin: Endocrine M cells in small intestine