Question

What happens if Hydrochloric acid is not secreted in our stomach ? ​

Answer 1

Answer:

Parietal cells contain an extensive secretory network (called canaliculi) from which the hydrochloric acid is secreted into the lumen of the stomach. ... Hydrochloric acid activates pepsinogen into the enzyme pepsin, which then aids digestion by breaking the amino acid bonds, a process called proteolysis.

Answer 2

Answer :

• If Hydrochloric acid is not secreted in our stomach then —

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— Acidic medium is required for the activation of pepsinogen to activate pepsin , which can be done by the presence if hydrochloric acid .

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— The microbes or pathogens that come along the food or substance we intake , will persist in stomach if HCl is not present to kill them .

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