CAPILLARY ENDOTHELIUM
HYDROLYSIS OF TRIGLYCERIDES
ADIPOSE TISSUE
RESYNTHESIS AND STORAGE OF
TRIGLYCERIDES
MUSCLE, HEART etc.
� OXIDATION OF FATTY ACIDS


AFTER A MEAL THE LIVER SYNTHESIZES FREE FATTY ACIDS (FFA) FROM  GLUCOSE AND EXPORTS IT TO THE TISSUES AS TRIGLYCERIDES
SMALL INTESTINE
DIGESTION, ABSORPTION AND RESYNTHESIS OF TRIGLYCERIDES  (TG)
TG
FFA                      ACETYL CoA
DIETARY FAT
DIETARY
GLUCOSE

FFA
FFA
 




FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS
LIVER
ACETYL CoA
FFA
GLUCOSE CAN BE CONVERTED
 TO FAT, BUT FAT CANNOT BE CONVERTED
BACK TO GLUCOSE