The stomach secretes hydrochloric acid in the gastric juice. What are its two functions?
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to break down the food you eat.
to kill harmful bacteria and other harmful microorganisms
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Two important functions of gastric juice are It gets mixed with food and kills the bacteria present in food and it activates pepsin to act on proteins.
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Hydrochloric acid converts pepsinogen into pepsin and breaks different nutrients apart from the food we eat and It also kills bacteria that come along with our food. The mucus is secreted by the neck cells and helps coat and protect our stomach lining from acid conditions.
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