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How is the proper pH for the functioning of the pancreatic-intestinal enzymes ensured?
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∙ 13y ago
The enzymes in the pancreas (which include several proteases, several nucleases, several elastases, pancreatic amylase, carboxypeptidase and steapsin) need to be of an alkaline pH (about pH8) to cancel out the highly acidic produce of the stomach. The pancreatic juices meet the bolus in the duodenum of the small intestine.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoThe pancreas secretes its enzymes to the small intestine in an alkaline-rich (HCO3-) fluid that neutralizes incoming acidic chyme.
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