Current concepts concerning the intestinal absorption of triacylglycerols are that (A) They must be completely hydrolysed before the constituent fatty acids can be absorbed (B) They are hydrolysed partially and the material absorbed consists of free fatty acids, mono and diacyl glycerols and unchanged triacyl glycerols (C) Fatty acids with less than 10 carbon atoms are absorbed about equally via lymph and via portal blood (D) In the absence of bile the hydrolysis of triacyl glycerols is absorbed