Q. What is the function of HCl and Pepsin in stomach?
8. Why herbivores have longer small intestine?
06.
In the reaction represented by the equation:
Cuo +
H → Cu
+ H2O
a) Name the oxidizing agent.
b) Name the reducing agent.
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1)Hydrochloric acid contributes to protein digestion by supplying H+ which activates pepsinogen, the precursor to pepsin. Pepsinogen is secreted by chief cells in the gastric glands of the body and antrum of the stomach.
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2)The small intestine is longer in herbivore than in carnivore because herbivores eat only grass which is full of cellulose and the digestion of cellulose takes a long time. ... Herbivores need a longer small intestine to allow cellulose to be digested as taken from green plants.
3)oxidizing agents is copper oxide.
h2 is reducing agent.
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