The mucus lining in the stomach is actually a protection barrier between the stomach and it's own acids. A new layer of mucus is created bi-weekly so that the acids in the stomach don't burn through the stomach and eventually the entire body.
The purpose of the thick mucus in the stomach serves to aid in digestion lubricating the food. The thick mucus also serves to stop the stomach from damaging itself by the acids the body uses for digestion.
The stomach has mucus to line and protect the wall from the acid produced. Without this mucus and bile, the stomach wall would be prone to such things as ulcers.
It is also in the intestines.
Mucus protects stomach lining from gastric acids.
if we did not have mucus our digestive system would digest itself
to be kind to your body and lubricate your swag
To keep the stomach acids from eating away at your insides.
The mucus stops the acid that digests your food from burning holes in your stomach.
It stops the stomach acid from destroying your stomach.
Jack Dombrowski makes mucus in the stomach
Mucus protects stomach lining from gastric acids.
The stomach is protected from acid by mucus, a slippery substance. The mucus covers the inside of the whole stomach. If there is a patch of mucus that is not there then it will cause a lot of pain from the acid.
The stomach wall is protected by mucus. The mucus regenerates about every 2 weeks or so.
Yes, your stomach is lined with mucus. The chemicals the stomach secretes (i.e., pepsin) are designed to digest protein. But your stomach walls are also made of protein! The mucus coats the lining of your stomach so the chemicals do not destroy the lining.
mucus cells (NOT goblet cells) make and secrete mucus into the gastric pit of the stomach lumen. The mucus covers the stomach protecting it from the acidic environment of HCL (pH aprox 2) that could harm the stomach without this mucus lining.
If your stomach didn't produce a new layer of mucus every week, it would digest itself.
The stomach lining is protected from the very strong acid of the stomach by a coat of mucus. It is secreted by mucous membranes.
A lining of mucus is what protects ur stomach from hydrochloric acid
The stomach has a special mucus lining that is resistant to stomach acid. If a tiny hole develops in this mucus lining, the result can be an ulcer.
The stomach has a lining of protective mucus.
so the stomach wont digest its self