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nbme23/Block 1/Question#3 (reveal difficulty score)
A 52-year-old man comes to the physician ...
Triglyceride ๐Ÿ” / ๐Ÿ“บ / ๐ŸŒณ / ๐Ÿ“–
tags: digestion lipids

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Alcoholic = pancreatic insufficiency. Linoleic, oleic, and palmitic acid can be absorbed without pancreatic lipases since they're just free fatty acids. Triglycerides need to be broken down by lipases before absorption.

Bile acids are the main method for eliminating cholesterol, not pancreatic enzymes

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rina  also palmitic acids are fats that are synthesized de novo in the human body for storage so it wouldn't make sense to poop them out +6



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