Absorption of dietary fat

A. False Unsplit neutral fat can be absorbed if emulsified into sufficiently small particles.

B. True The smaller fatty acids pass directly into blood; the larger ones are esterified, packaged into chylomicrons and taken into lymphatics.

C. True The loss of gastric storage capacity results in rapid transit of food through the small intestine and insufficient time for complete digestion and absorption of fat.

D. True Vitamin D is required for normal bone development; it is a fat-soluble vitamin and absorbed along with the fat.

E. True Vitamin K which is needed for the synthesis of certain clotting factors in the liver is also a fat-soluble vitamin.