Unlike sugars and amino acids, fats follow a different route. Fatty acids and glycerol are absorbed by lacteals (small lymph vessels inside villi) instead of directly into blood.

Key Steps

• Fatty acids + glycerol - combine to form small fat droplets (chylomicrons).
• Chylomicrons enter lacteals - lymphatic system.
• From lymph - fats eventually reach blood circulation.
• This slower route ensures fats are distributed gradually.