BPK 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Chylomicron, Micelle, Gallbladder

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Biomedical Physio & Kines
• Course: BPK 110
• Professor: Vera Lantinova

Document Summary

Vitamin: essential in small amounts to promote and regulate body processes necessary for growth, reproduction. Water-soluble vitamin: vitamin b and c and fat soluble vitamins: vitamin a,d,e and k. Bioavailability: the extent to which the body can absorb and use a nutrient. Small intestine fat-soluble vitamins are incorporated into micelles and then absorbed simple diffusion. Once they are inside mucosal cells, fat-soluble vitamins are packaged in chylomicron enter lymph. Water soluble vitamins absorbed and enter to the blood vessel. Provitamin or vitamin precursor: some vitamins are absorbed in an inactive form. it will convert into active vitamin forms once they are inside the body.