Question

Give one word for the following:-

i) I am secreted from the walls of

stomach; I kill all the harmful germs

present in food and help my friend

pepsin to work in acidic medium. ii)

We push the food forward by a

rhythmic contraction.

iii) We are biocatalysts. We enhance

the rate of metabolic activities.​

Answer 1

Give one word for the following:

1. Hydrochloric Acid
2. 0esophagius Movement
3. Enzymes

Answer 2

1. Hydrochloric Acid (HCl)

'Hydrochloric acid' is defined as the acid that is secreted in the stomach. It helps to kill the harmful bacteria that may enter the food and also help in digest the food. If you can't digest food it could be lack of hydrochloric acid.

2.Peristaltic movements

Peristalsis is defined as the series of wave-like muscle contractions that move food through the digestive tract. It starts from the oesophagus where strong wave-like motions of the smooth muscle move balls of swallowed food to the stomach.

3. Enzymes.

Enzymes is defined as the protein to help the increase or speed up the metabolism or chemical reaction in our body.

Hence,

1.Hydrochloric Acid

2.Peristalic Movement

3. Enzymes

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