How is digestion and absorption of fats different from that of proteins and carbohydrates?

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Fatty acids enter portal circulation, but amino acids do not enter portal circulation

Fats are digested into fatty acids and glycerol which recombine to form fats in the enterocytes

Digestion of fats begins in the buccal cavity while the digestion of proteins begins in the stomach

End-products of fat digestion are absorbed into blood while those of protein and carbohydrate digestion are absorbed into lymph

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Fats are digested into fatty acids and glycerol in the lumen of the intestine. These end products of fat digestion are first incorporated into small droplets called micelles which move into the intestinal mucosa. They are re-formed into very small protein coated fat globules called the chylomicrons which are transported into the lacteals in the villi.

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