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What happens when you disrupt the mucous layer protecting the stomach?
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∙ 12y ago
That is heartburn. Your heart doesn't actually burn, you just feel the acid eating away at the stomach.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 12y agoDisruption of the mucus layer of the stomach places the individual at higher risk of gastritis, ulceration and eventually perforation of the stomach.
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Why does your stomach or other muscles does not get digested as when you eat flesh which is also a muscle gets digested?
The digestive tract has a lining which produces mucous and this is protective. It prevents the body from digesting the tract. A person can get an ulcer, usually of the stomach. This what happens if the mucous coat is damaged.
What organ produces a mucoid barrier to prevent self-digestion?
The stomach contains mucous neck cells that make mucous to coat the epithelial cells lining the stomach. Without the mucous, the acidity and pepsin in the stomach would break down the lining of the stomach and create ulcers.
Structural adaptation in physical digestion of the stomach?
Your stomach is coated with mucous coat. This is made of sugars and there is no peptide bond, there in mucous. So the stomach is protected from the killing action of pepsin enzyme on the stomach wall.
Why can't bacteria survive in the stomach?
H. pylori live in the mucous lining of the stomach. Safe inside there, they are able to fight the stomach acid that does reach it with urease it releases. Urease converts the urea in the stomach into bicarbonate and ammonia, which are strong bases. This creates a cloud of acid-neutralizing chemicals around the H. pylori, protecting it from stomach acid.
What tissue is the lining of the stomach?
The innermost layer of the stomach is made of mucous membrane. The mucous membrane of the stomach contains simple columnar epithelium tissue, that has many exocrine cells.
Why does mucous layer get formed in the stomach?
Stomach mucus helps break down food in the stomach.
What is precipitate is used to coat the stomach and intestines?
mucous
Why is stomach not dissolved by the acid it contain?
a mucous layer protects the lining of the stomach from the acid
How does stomach lining not get broken down by acids?
This is because of the mucous that lines the stomach walls. Also, when you vomit, sometimes you get a burn in your abdomen, this is because you spewed up that mucous and your stomach lining is reacting with the acid inside it. But, there is no need to worry, for the acid doesn't have enough time to harm your stomach before more mucous replaces the old~ ^^
What protects the stomach from the very strong acid in the stomach?
Mucous lines the stomach internally and protects it from acid.
Why the protein of small intestine itself is not digested?
Possible Answers: The epithelial cells lining the stomach have specialized defensive properties against stong acids Mucous found within the stomach The stomach's epithelial cells are defenseless against stong acids The stomach has a pH of 7 when digestion isn't taking place Correct answer: Mucous found within the stomach Explanation: A layer of mucous forms between the epithelial cells of the stomach and the acid within the stomach. This mucous is secreted by mucous cells lining the stomach. When the mucous layer is broken down, certain complications can take place (e.g. stomach ulcers).
What protects the lining of the stomach from gastric acidic juices?
mucous
