Question

What protects stomach from HCl?

Answer 1

Answer:

ʏᴏᴜʀ ꜱᴛᴏᴍᴀᴄʜ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴇᴄᴛꜱ ɪᴛꜱᴇʟꜰ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ʙᴇɪɴɢ ᴅɪɢᴇꜱᴛᴇᴅ ʙʏ ɪᴛꜱ ᴏᴡɴ ᴇɴᴢʏᴍᴇꜱ, ᴏʀ ʙᴜʀɴᴛ ʙʏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏʀʀᴏꜱɪᴠᴇ ʜʏᴅʀᴏᴄʜʟᴏʀɪᴄ ᴀᴄɪᴅ, ʙʏ ꜱᴇᴄʀᴇᴛɪɴɢ ꜱᴛɪᴄᴋʏ, ɴᴇᴜᴛʀᴀʟɪꜱɪɴɢ ᴍᴜᴄᴜꜱ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴄʟɪɴɢꜱ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴛᴏᴍᴀᴄʜ ᴡᴀʟʟꜱ.

Explanation:

ᎻϴᏢᎬ ᎷᎽ ᎪΝՏᏔᎬᎡ ᏆՏ ᎻᎬᏞᏢҒႮᏞ ҒϴᎡ ᎽϴႮ (◕ᴗ◕✿)

Answer 2

Answer:

Your stomach protects itself from being digested by its own enzymes, or burnt by the corrosive hydrochloric acid, by secreting sticky, neutralising mucus that clings to the stomach wall