the stomach secretes gastric juice, which contains hydrochloric acid. what is its function?
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the function of HCl is to kill the germs from the food and make the food acidic medium so that pepsin will work on food
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- It gets mixed with the food and kills the bacteria present in the food
- It activates pepsin to act on proteins
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