ILOs:
- Describe the types of lipid in the diet
- Describe the processes involved in the digestion and absorption of dietary lipids
- Describe the key intermediates and regulated enzymes of fatty acid synthesis and oxidation
- Describe the key intermediates and regulated enzymes of triglyceride synthesis and lipolysis in adipose tissue
- Describe the different routes through which lipids can be metabolised
- Outline the mechanisms by which insulin regulates fatty acid and triglyceride metabolism in liver and adipose tissue
- Explain the requirement for essential fatty acids
- Outline the different types of dietary lipids
- Explain the different destinations of lipids, where they're used, how they're transported and stored, and what regulates this?
- Diagram showing types of dietary fatty acids in triglycerides
- Where does lipid digestion occur, and what allows it to occur?
- Diagram showing lipid digestion
- Okay, so how are lipids absorbed after digestion?
- What do lipoproteins do?
- Diagram showing us the structure of human plasma lipoproteins
- Diagram showing us the transport of lipids in chylomicrons
- Compare the actions of VLDL and HDL
- Schematic showing us endogenous lipid transport