Medical MCQ - When teaching a client about pancreatic function, the nurse understands that pancreatic lipase performs which function?

When teaching a client about pancreatic function, the nurse understands that pancreatic lipase performs which function?

Transports fatty acids into the brush border

Breaks down fat into fatty acids and glycerol

Triggers cholecystokinin to contract the gallbladder

Breaks down protein into dipeptides and amino acids

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Breaks down fat into fatty acids and glycerol

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Lipase hydrolyses or breaks down fat into fatty acids and glycerol. Lipase is not involved with the transport of fatty acids into the brush border. Fat itself triggers cholecystokinin release. Protein breakdown into dipeptides and amino acids is the function of trypsin, not lipase.

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