KROK 1 2007 – Question 121 · KROK (Medicine) · Physiology

A patient has a disturbed absorption of fat hydrolysates. It might have been caused by a deficit in the small intestine cavity:

  1. A. Of bile acids
  2. B. Of bile pigments
  3. C. Of sodium ions
  4. D. Of lipolytic enzymes
  5. E. Of liposoluble vitamins
Hint

Products of fat digestion are poorly soluble in water, so think what the intestinal lumen must provide to bring them into a form that can reach the enterocyte brush border.

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