Question

name the digestive juice secreted by 8 what is the significance of hydrochloric acid in the digestive juice ​

Answer 1

The stomach secretes gastric juice which contains - Hydrochloric Acid , Pepsinogen and Mucus

• Hydrochloric Acid - * helps in the killing of microorganisms that enter with the food
* also provides an acidic medium for pepsinogen to be converted to pepsin

• Pepsinogen - Inactive form of pepsin , With an acidic medium it converts to the powerful enzyme pepsin which can digest proteins and convert proteoses into peptones

• Mucus - protects the inner wall of stomach from actions of HCl and pepsin

Answer 2

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