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  4. Fats are broken down into glycerol and fatty acids with a series of chemical reactions occurring in the digestive tract. The fatty acids are then absorbed through the small intestine and enter lacteals. The excess of such fatty acids gets converted into fats and are stored in the adipose tissue present in the subcutaneous layer. Under starvation, the fatty acids are mobilized to be used as energy during cellular respiration. These fatty acids during cellular respiration are first broken down into

Q. Fats are broken down into glycerol and fatty acids with a series of chemical reactions occurring in the digestive tract. The fatty acids are then absorbed through the small intestine and enter lacteals. The excess of such fatty acids gets converted into fats and are stored in the adipose tissue present in the subcutaneous layer. Under starvation, the fatty acids are mobilized to be used as energy during cellular respiration. These fatty acids during cellular respiration are first broken down into

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Solution:

Fatty acids are first degraded to acetyl CoA and during the ß-oxidation of the fats. This acetyl Co-A then enters into the Kreb's cycle to be broken down into CO2 and produce energy finally by terminal oxidation of NADH2 and FADH2.