The county jurisdiction includes the island of Santa Rosa south of Pensacola; it is not part of Santa Rosa County proper. Escambia County is part of the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent Metropolitan Statistical Area.
It secretes juices containing enzymes that are capable of digesting all major types of food -- carbohydrates, fats and proteins. The pancreas is the first organ to begin digesting fats. It secretes pancreatic lipase, esterase and phospholipase, which break down chemically complex fats into simple, easy-to-absorb fats. Similarly, trypsin and carboxypolypeptidase break down proteins, and pancreatic amylase breaks down carbohydrates.
Monoacylglycerols, fatty acids, and cholesterol are absorbed by intestinal epithelial cells. Within intestinal epithelial cells, triacylglycerols are resynthesized from fatty acids and monoacylglycerols. Lysophospholipids aid digestion of other lipids, by breaking up fat globules into small micelles. Some phospholipid (lecithin) is secreted by the liver in the bile, presumably to provide a substrate for Phospholipase A2 within the intestine, and thus aid in fat digestion. Cobra and bee venoms contain Phospholipase A2.