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When fats first reach the duodenum what their presence stimulates the release of which hormone from the intestinal mucosal cell?

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Cholecystokinin (CCK), which flows through the bloodstream to trigger the release of bile by the gallbladder into the bile duct, and release of pancreatic enzymes into the pancreatic duct, all of which flow into the duodenum.
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