a microscopic particle of triglycerides produced in the intestines during digestion; in the bloodstream they release their fatty acids into the blood
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chylomicron
Chylomicron remnants left in the bloodstream encourage atherosclerotic plaques to form.
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Those changes reduce the organ's ability to remove the chylomicron remnants, says McLean.
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Within the villi, the chylomicron enters a lymphatic capillary called a lacteal, which merges into larger lymphatic vessels.
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These eddies create abnormal fluid velocity gradients which push blood elements such as cholesterol or chylomicron bodies to the endothelium.
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They also lack a basement membrane and have other differences that enable the liver to remove large lipoproteins called chylomicron remnants from the blood.
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- A microscopic particle of triglycerides produced in the intestines during digestion; in the bloodstream they release their fatty acids into the blood
- Chylomicrons are large lipoprotein particles that consist of triglycerides (85-92%), phospholipids (6-12%), cholesterol (1-3%) and proteins (1-2%) . They transport dietary lipids from the intestines to other locations in the body. ...
- (Chylomicrons) Minute fat particles present in lymph which normally are quickly cleared from the blood.
- (Chylomicrons) USE Chylomicron lipids
- (Chylomicrons) another class of lipoproteins; they move fat through the blood stream.
- Submicron-sized protein-lipid aggregates produced by the intestine and carried by the lymph system into the blood (Section 15.4.2.2).
- One of the small intracellular globules composed of fats that are mixed with cholesterol and coated with special proteins.
- A large lipid droplet of reprocessed lipid synthesized in epithelial cells of the small intestine and containing triacylglycerols, cholesterol esters, and several apolipoproteins
