Products of Fat Digestion are Transported Initially By

Question

Products of fat digestion are transported initially by
A) capillaries.
B) veins.
C) lymphatic vessels.
D) the interstitial fluid.
E) the arterioles.

Accepted Answer

Products of fat digestion, such as fatty acids and glycerol, are initially transported by the lymphatic vessels instead of the bloodstream because they are too large to pass through the walls of capillaries. The lymphatic vessels eventually dump their contents into the bloodstream.