Question

“Non functioning of oxyntic cells interferes digestion” Discuss.

Answer 1

Answer:

Oxyntic cells produce hydrochloric acid in stomach. HCl is produced to make acidic medium which activates

Pepsinogen. These pepsinogen are used for digesting proteins . If no HCl then no proteins. This causes indigestion and also leads to the interference of digestion in stomach.

Thus this justifies the statement.

Explanation:

Answer 2

ANSWER:

The PH of stomach is almost 2 - 2.5. it means that it is highly acidic in nature. The acid responsible for acidic nature of stomach is hydrochloric acid (HCl). This acid also protects the stomach from foreign harmful materials present in the food and also preserve the food from being spoiled.

EXPLANATION:

• The production of hydrochloric acid is done by oxyntic cell present inside the stomach.
• It means that when oxyntic cell does not perform the production of hydrochloric acid affects or reduced.
• Also hydrochloric acid helps in the production of protein by the formation of enzyme pepsinogen.
• Hence the production of protein is also affected by the malfunctioning of oxyntic cell.