Question

what are the components of the gastric juice? What are their functions? ​

Answer 1

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--> The component of gastric juices (secreated by stomach wall) and their functions in digestion are as follows:

--> HCL hydrochloric acid is the gastric juices that helps in killing germs and harmful bacteria and it activates pepsinogen into pepsin and make the medium acidic.

--> pepsinogen is an another gastric juices which when activated produces pepsin which helps to digest protein and pepsin for the breakdown proteins into amino acids.

--> mucus is another gastric juices that forms the protective layer to prevent corrosion of stomach walls from hydrochloric acid that is concentrated in nature.

Answer 2

Answer:

Hydrocarbonic acid is a strong acid secreted by the parietal cells, and it lowers stomach's pH to around.