The following statement is similar to the statements you will see on exams. Writ
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Question
The following statement is similar to the statements you will see on exams. Write a short paragraph describing 1) whether the statement is correct or incorrect and 2) the reasoning behind your answers. Correct responses that demonstrate complete and thorough reasoning will receive full points.
If an individual's liver was unable to produce bile salts, you would expect them to have an increased rate of fatty acid diffusion into duodenal epithelial cells after a meal compared to a healthy individual who had eaten the same meal.
Explanation / Answer
If an individual's liver was unable to produce bile salts, you would expect them to have an increased rate of fatty acid diffusion into duodenal epithelial cells after a meal compared to a healthy individual who had eaten the same meal. --------------------> FALSE.
Bile is a digestive juice produced by the liver. Bile acids are essential for fat emulsifications and consequent absorption, inactivation or decreased production of bile acids impairs this process. This results in malabsorption of fats, fat soluble vitamins. So, during the decreased production of bile salts, the fats are not breakdown into simple fatty acid, which are normally absorbed by duodenal epithelium in a healthy person.