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Sort of. The mucus lining in your stomach prevents the acids that digest food from eating away the walls of your stomach. Once you have a hole in your stomach, the acids would then leak out and start eating away at your internal organs. An ulcer is an indication this is starting to happen.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 14y agoYes, because your stomach is filled with Hydrochloric acid (HCl). If the mucus was not there than the acid would slowly digest itself.
Also ulcers would develop and destroy your stomach.
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∙ 13y agoThe question really is: If you didn't have mucus would your stomach digest itself?
The answer is yes.
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What is the fact in the world?
without mucus our stomach would digest itself
What is the wierdest fact in the world?
without mucus our stomach would digest itself
What protects the lining of the small intestine from the acid that enters this area from the stomach?
The stomach lining is protected from the very strong acid of the stomach by a coat of mucus. It is secreted by mucous membranes.
What could happen if your stomach didn't produce enough mucus Explain.?
If the stomach didn't produce enough mucus, "it would not be able to cancel out its own stomach acid and woulsd basically digest itself."
Why is mucus produced by the cells of the stomach lining?
If your stomach didn't produce a new layer of mucus every week, it would digest itself.
Will your stomach digest itself if you dont eat?
The stomach will only shrink in size that's it . you will get skinner, and eventually malnutrition. The only organ that will digest itself when you don't eat, and alcoholic's are faced with this alto, is the pancrease due to excessive alcohol consumption, without eating.
What if the stomach does not produce acid?
The mucus on the lining of the stomach protects the stomach from the acids that break down the food. Without this mucus the acids in the stomach would begin to eat away at the lining of the stomach causing stomach ulcers and many other problems.
Without mucus your stomach would digest itself is a quote from what movie?
Well... This sentence appears in "Penguins of Madagascar" series, in episode "Popcorn Panic".
What does mucus do in the stomach?
The mucus lining in the stomach is actually a protection barrier between the stomach and it's own acids. A new layer of mucus is created bi-weekly so that the acids in the stomach don't burn through the stomach and eventually the entire body.
What is the inner lining of the stomach of beef called?
The inner lining of the stomach contains wrinkles known as gastric folds. These gastric folds allow the stomach to stretch to accommodate large amounts of food. There are also mucous cells and gastric pits in the inner lining that mucous to protect the stomach.
Why would your stomach digest itself without molasses?
Its because you stomach acid would dissolve the lining of your stomach and you would die in excrutiating pain.
Why is stomach lined with mucous?
Your stomach acid is made up of enzymes which have the ability to digest flesh. If your stomach didn't continuously produce mucous to line itself, the acid would digest it and all other organs underneath it (assuming your standing upright).
