PLEASE ANSWER THIS QUESTION FROM NUTRITION IN ANIMALS
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1.Hydrochloric acid is secreted by the glands present on the stomach walls. It dissolves bits of food and creates an acidic medium. ... Therefore, if HCl were not secreted in the stomach, then pepsin would not be activated. This would affect protein digestion.
2.If the mucus is not secreted by the gastric glands then the stomach wall will be destroyed by the acid, since the mucus protects the stomach wall from hydrochloric acid
3.The most important function of the small intestine is the absorption of nutrients from food that passes through the tract. This large surface area allows for efficient uptake of nutrients. This efficiency is increased even more because each cell in the villi has microvilli on their surface. Hence the absence of this villis will decrease nutrient and digested food absorption by intestinal walls leading to severe nutritional disorders.