Q.Absorption of glycerol, fatty acids and monoglycerides takes place by
a. Lymph vessels within villi
b. Walls of stomach
c. Colon
d. Capillaries within villi

Step 1. Recall how fat absorption differs from sugar/amino-acid absorption: fatty acids, glycerol and monoglycerides are first packaged into micelles, taken up by the intestinal mucosal cells, and re-synthesised into protein-coated chylomicron globules.

Step 2. Recall the route these chylomicrons take: they are released by exocytosis into the lacteal — the lymph vessel running through the centre of each villus — rather than directly into the blood capillaries. …

Recall that lipid digestion products are reassembled into chylomicrons in the mucosal cells and specifically enter the lymphatic route via the lacteal, un …

• Assuming all absorbed nutrients enter the blood capillaries of the villi, when fats specifically use the lymphatic lacteal route. …