Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. Protein digestion uses trypsin made in the pancreas and peptidases made in the intestine.
2. The end products of protein digestion are amino acids.
3. Bile begins the digestion of fat by emulsifying large fat droplets into smaller fat droplets.
4. Lipase is made by the small intestine and digests fat down to its end products of glycerol and fatty acids.
5. The movement of digested food out of the digestive system into blood or lymph is called absorption.
1. TRUE
2. TRUE
3. TRUE
4. FALSE
5. TRUE
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