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What are gastric juices

Answer 1

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Gastric juice is a thin watery acid digestive fluid secreted by glands in the mucous membrane of the stomach....

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Answer 2

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The gastric chief cells of the stomach secrete enzymes for protein breakdown (inactive pepsinogen, and in infancy rennin). Hydrochloric acid activates pepsinogen into the enzyme pepsin, which then helps digestion by breaking the bonds linking amino acids, a process known as proteolysis.