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How do fats digested in our bodies? Where does this process takes place? (AS1)

The fat is digested in the small intestine. The small intestine requires bile juice from the liver and lipases from the pancreas to break down the lipids into smaller subunits.


The bile juice is produced in the liver and released in the small intestine. The bile salts form micelles by surrounding the fats/ lipids with their hydrophobic group inside and hydrophilic group outside. These micelles increase the surface area for digestion of lipids. The pancreatic juice produced in the pancreas and released in the small intestine consists of lipases which digest the micelles into small subunits.


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