Multiple choice

What are fat soluble vitamins combined into in order to be absorbed into the enterocyte?

  1. Chylomicron

  2. Micelle

  3. Microvilli

  4. VLDL
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Micelles are spherical complexes of emulsified fats and bile salts that transport fat-soluble vitamins across the watery environment of the intestinal lumen to the enterocyte surface. Chylomicrons are only formed inside the enterocyte after absorption has occurred.

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