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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.
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What protects the lining of the small intestine from the acid that enters this area from the stomach?
The stomach lining is protected from the very strong acid of the stomach by a coat of mucus. It is secreted by mucous membranes.
What organ has a lining of mucus protecting it?
The stomach has a lining of protective mucus.
What are stomach uterus and bladder are lined with what?
Smooth muscles
What is gastrorrhexis?
excessive secretion of gastric juice or mucus in the stomach
WHAT GLAND secretes alkaline mucus?
the cardiac region of the stomach, hoped it helped :)the cardiac region of the stomach, hoped it helped :)
What is the inside of your Stomach. lined with?
Mucus to be less specific
What is lined with mucus secreting cells called?
stomach
What is lined with mucus-secreting called the mucosa?
stomach
Why doesn't stomach damage the hydrochloric acid?
Because the Stomach is lined with Mucus which blocks the acid from burning your stomach
What does the inner linning of the stomach secrete?
it lined with mucus to help digest the food chemically and to keep the stomach from acid
When you eat a bit of food what make it get down to the stomach?
its mucus lined in the esophagus and also slip by salive
Why is it bad to drink hydrochloric acid if your stomach has hydrochloric acid?
Because your stomach is well lined with mucus producing cells that line the stomach with mucus that keep HCl from digesting the stomach it has been secreted into. When you vomit the mucus come up with the acid to protect, to a degree, you esophagus and mouth. Hydrochloric acid ingested would burn tour mouth and esophagus on the way to your stomach.
Why doesnt meat tenderizer or pineapple juice break down the cells in your stomach?
They do (as do stomach acids {even faster & better}), but slowly as the stomach is lined (coated) with mucus, which "prevents" physical contact.
How does the stomach prevent digesting itself?
The role that cells play in keeping the stomach from digesting itself is in the production of a thick, greasy mucus so that the stomach wall remains intact. This thick mucus is called glycoprotein.
What makes mucus in the stomach?
Jack Dombrowski makes mucus in the stomach
What is the dorsal cavity lined with?
a mucus membrane
What is the function of the mucus in the stomach?
Mucus protects stomach lining from gastric acids.
