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The acidic digestive fluid secreted by various glands in the stomach lining into the lumen of thestomach , primarily for the partial digestion of food as well as the eradication of many pathogenicmicrobes that have concurrently entered by way of the oral cavityComponents:The gastric juice is made up of hydrochloric acid , pepsinogen and other digestive enzymes( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) , intrinsic factor , gastrin , mucus , and bicarbonates . It has a pH ranging from 1 to 2. Its low pH is essential in activating many digestive enzymes and in destroying various pathogens . The gastric juice also contains bicarbonates to neutralize the acid and thereby regulate the pH level in the stomach .
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∙ 11y agogastric juices are found in the stomach; enzymes, acids, and mucus are in the gastric juices
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What does gastric juice mean?
Gastric juice usually occurs when you are crying. Also when you fiddle with your genitals. It is the liquids secreted by the stomach.
What is gastrin used for?
It is secreted by stomach.It stimulaes secretion of gastric juice.
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 is hormones gastrin?
Gastrin is secreted by stomach.It stimulates secretion of gastric juice.
Does rennin secrete gastric juices?
It is a component of gastric juice secreted in young age.It helps in digestion of milk protein.
What three substances comprise the gastric juice secreted by the stomach?
Spermacites, Hermapherdytes, Kool Aid
Which hormone is responsible for inhibiting the rel ase of g stric juice?
The hormone responsible for inhibiting the release of gastric juice is known as gastric inhibitory polypeptide.
Why is gastric juice acidic?
Yes it is. The proper name for it is Gastric Acid.
What are the hormones secreted from small intestine during digestion process?
The secrete gastric juice and the digestive hormones are secreted from the small intestines during the digestion process.
The amount of gastric juice produced every day by an average-sized adult is?
The amount of gastric juice normally secreted per meal is about 700 ml and about 1-3 liters per day. The juice is not made entirely of HCL, as gastric juice contains several other ingredients including water, electrolytes, digestive enzymes and some mucus.
How are gastric juice and pepsin related?
gastric juice is secreted by the walls of the stomach and it contains pepsin and dilute hydrochloric acid. Pepsin helps in breaking down proteins into pep-tones or peptides during the process of digestion in the stomach.
Where producing gastric juice?
Gastric juice is produced in the stomach. Gastric juice is produced in the Gastric glands.
