Your stomach, if you want to be technical about it, is a "crescent-shaped hollow organ" about the size of a large melon. The average adult stomach holds about three quarts (three liters) of fluid. Your stomach is made up of a variety of layers, including: * The serosa - the outer layer that acts as a covering for the other layers. * Two muscle layers - the middle layers that propel food from the stomach into the small intestine. * The mucosa- the inner layer made up of specialized Cells including parietal cells, g-cells and epithelial cells. Parietal cells produce hydrochloric acid, a strong acid that helps to break down food. The acid in your stomach is so concentrated that if you were to place a drop on a piece of wood, it would eat right through it. The g-cells produce gastrin, a hormone that facilitates the production of hydrochloric acid by the parietal cells. The stomach is protected by the epithelial cells, which produce and secrete a bicarbonate-rich solution that coats the mucosa. Bicarbonate is alkaline, a base, and neutralizes the acid secreted by the parietal cells, producing water in the process. This continuous supply of bicarbonate is the main way that your stomach protects itself from autodigestion (the stomach digesting itself) and the overall acidic environment. In some individuals, due to impairments in blood supply to the stomach, or to overproduction of acid, this defense system does not work as well as it should. These people can get gastric ulcers. There are also specific bacteria, called Helicobacter pylori, that may cause impairment of the stomach's defenses and can also be responsible for ulcers.
A layer of mucous produced by cells in the stomach.
It is also called Muces.
It is mostly protected by a thick later of mucus.
It is protected, like many other organs in the abdomen, by the muscles and skin over it.
Sodium bicarbonate which is produced in the pancreas.
There is mucus in the stomach that protects the acids from burning
The stomach has a layer of mucus lining it to protect itself from the high acidity of HCl.
mucous
Hydrochloric acid is found in a humans stomach. Usually it is called Gastric Acid.
why is the stomach lining undamaged by the hydrochloric acid
Yes, the stomach contain hydrochloric acid (HCl) - as an aid for digestion.
Stomach acid is hydrochloric acid - the purest form of it.
Stomach acid is a solution of acid, hydrochloric acid to be specific.
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Hydrochloric acids are in stomach. Hydrochloric acid: HCl
It contains hydrochloric acid.
The main acid in the stomach to aid in digestion is hydrchloridic acid. Several enzymes are also released.
Hydrochloric acid is found in a humans stomach. Usually it is called Gastric Acid.
why is the stomach lining undamaged by the hydrochloric acid
Yes, the stomach contain hydrochloric acid (HCl) - as an aid for digestion.
The stomach produces hydrochloric acid to aid digestion
hydrochloric acid is made in the stomach! XX :)
The gastric acid that is secreted into the stomach is primarily composed of hydrochloric acid (HCl).
Stomach acid is hydrochloric acid - the purest form of it.
the stomach acid is made up of hydrochloric acid which kill the bacteria, gastric juices from the lining which contain digestive enzyme pepsin which breaks down the protein molecules into amino acids. the hydrochloric acid allows pepsin to act. hope this helped...