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Is stomach acid and gastric acid the same?
Yes, stomach acid and gastric acid are the same. Stomach acid, also known as gastric acid, is a digestive fluid produced in the stomach that helps break down food for absorption and kills harmful bacteria.
How much HCl is in the average human stomach?
The average human stomach can hold around 1.5 to 3 liters of gastric fluid, which consists mainly of hydrochloric acid (HCl). The concentration of HCl in the stomach can range from 0.5 to 1.5% by weight.
What substance in pancreatic juice neutralizes the HCL?
Sodium bicarbonate is the substance in pancreatic juice that neutralizes hydrochloric acid (HCl) in the stomach. This helps create a more favorable pH environment for the enzymes in the small intestine to be effective in breaking down food molecules.
What kind of compound is HCl?
Hydrochloric acid (HCl) is a binary acid compound composed of hydrogen and chlorine atoms. It is a strong acid commonly found in gastric acid in the stomach.
Is stomach digestive juice acidic or alkaline?
Stomach digestive juice, also known as gastric juice, is acidic. It contains hydrochloric acid which helps break down food and kill bacteria in the stomach.
How is gastric juice formed?
There are HCl located within your stomach that forms the gastric juice.
What is the presence of lactic acid in gastric juice indicate?
nothing, its a normal component of gastric juice like HCl.
Is their any juice's in stomach?
yes...the gastric juice made of HCl,renin,pepsin and water...
What acid and base will you expect to find as constituent of gastric juice?
HCl
What is gastric juice made of?
gastric juice is made of · A protease called pepsin. · Dilute HCl which activates the pepsin and provides the correct pH for it to work. Also kills bacteria. · Mucus - which protects the wall of the stomach from self digestion and acid damage. = Gastic Acid.
Where producing gastric juice?
Gastric juice is produced in the stomach. Gastric juice is produced in the Gastric glands.
What is the liquid form of food in the stomach called?
The fluids in the stomach are called "Hydrochloric acid." gastric juice. its composition includes HCl, enzymes etc
What produces enzymes to digest bacteria?
Tears produce lysozyme to kill bacteria, gastric juice secretes Hcl that kills bacteria.
What is the concentration of hydrochloric acid in gastric juice?
Not sure, but I think the pH is about 3, so.... 1/103 = 0.001 M HCl ===========
An example of a gastric secretion is?
HCl (gastric acid), pepsinogen.
Where is food mixed with gastric juice?
Food mixes with gastric juice in the stomach, the only place gastric juice should ever be in the body unless there is gastric reflux or perforation of the stomach.
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.
