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What type of acid is secreted by the gastric pits in the stomach?
Gastric juice is secreted from gastric glands, which are located in narrow tube like structures called gastric pits. Gastric juice contains hydrochloric acid, pepsinogenand mucus in a healthy adult. Hydrochloric acid is secreted by parietal cells, pepsinogen is secreted by gastric chief cells and mucus is secreted by mucus neck cells. Source: Wikipedia
What will happen if mucus is not secreted by gastric glands?
Then the gastric acid will eat holes in the stomach (called ulcers).
What is the function of mucus in gastric gland?
The mucus protects the inner lining of the stomach from the action of acids.
Where does Clear viscid alkaline mucus that improves vialbility and motility of sperm is secreted by what gland?
Prostate?
What happens if stomach did not have a lining of mucus?
the gastric juices in your stomach eat the stomach wall and you will die
What gland produces saliva?
The salivary glands. Saliva helps soften food as it is chewed with the help of mucus secreted by the membrane of the mouth the saliva amylase-the digestive enzyme on saliva- converts starch into sugar initiating the process of digestion
Why is mucus secreted by a snail foot?
they have no foot
What are the causes of poly sinusitis?
Ploysinusitis is the simultaneous inflammation of multiple sinuses. What causes this is that mucus gland gets blocked, but the gland keeps making mucus and cannot drain out. The mucus will then stretch the gland and creating a mucus filled cyst.
Is it possible to have the mucus gland removed from the body?
There is no singular mucus gland, as mucus can be created on the linings on lungs and in your nose, therefore, there is no mucus gland, and it cannot be 'entirely' removed. You can delay the effects of mucus by using nasal de congestion sprays This simple answer to your question would have to be No.
What are gastric juices and what do that contain?
Gastric juices are produced in the gastric pits and secreted into the StomachThey contain pepsin(a type of protease) an enzyme that breaks down proteins, acid which makes the pepsin break down food faster and mucus that coats the walls of your stomach to stop the enzymes breaking them down as well.Read more: Discuss:What_is_the_function_of_the_gastric_juice_in_the_stomach
What is the function of the mucus in the stomach?
Mucus protects stomach lining from gastric acids.
Where is mucus secreted in the alimentary canal?
Mucus is secreted so that peristalsis can occur and can slide easily down you throat.
