A patient ingests a meal rich in triglycerides. Apply your knowledge of digestion and absorption to select the correct sequence: which enzymes/organs act to create absorbable fatty acids and where are they absorbed?

Pancreatic proteases break triglycerides into amino acids that are then absorbed into lymph and transported as chylomicrons

Pepsin in the stomach hydrolyzes triglycerides to free fatty acids which are absorbed directly into portal blood as free FA bound to albumin

Salivary amylase begins fat digestion which is completed by brush border lipases and then fatty acids directly diffuse into hepatic veins bypassing lymph

Bile salts emulsify fats in the duodenum (liver/gallbladder), pancreatic lipase hydrolyzes triglycerides into fatty acids and monoglycerides, those lipids form micelles then are re-esterified and packaged into chylomicrons to enter lymph