Question

How is liver malfunction likely to affect digestion?

Answer 1

The right answer is C.It will affect the digestion of fatty foods.

This is the case of cholestasis.

Cholestasis is defined by the decrease of a hepatic function which is the production of labile ensuring the dissolution of lipids in the intestine, and this due to an obstruction of the billiary ways. In this case, the lipids will not be absorbed, hence the fatty-food malabsorption.

Answer 2

C. It will affect the digestion of fatty foods.
The digestion will affect the digestion of lipids which are fats.