Question

What will happen if hcl is not secreted by gastric glands?

Answer 1

in the stomach gastric gland secretes alot of enzymes

Stomach-it has a muscular wall

• it has a muscular wall because this muscular wall helps in mixing of digestive enzymes throughly

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• PEPSIN-for the digestion of protein
• HCL- pepsin acts in acidic medium ,so HCl makes the medium acidic and it also kills the certain germs and bacterial present in the food
• MUCUS- it ptevents the accumulation of HCL , accumulation of HCl in body causes acidity in our body

Answer 2

Answer:

The food will not become acidic as a result of which pepsin will not work due to which protein will not be able to break. Small intestine will need to do more work as it will have to digest whole food

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