OESOPHAGUS STOMACH
BODY OF STOMACH
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Question
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An inactive enzyme secreted by the chief cells
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Pepsinogen
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Pepsin
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Hydrochloric acid
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Amylase
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Pepsin is a stomach enzyme that serves to digest proteins found in ingested food. Gastric chief cells secrete pepsin as an inactive zymogen called pepsinogen.
Detailed explanation-2: -Pepsinogen is the zymogen, or inactive precursor, of pepsin, the principal proteolytic enzyme of gastric juice.
Detailed explanation-3: -Pepsin’s proenzyme, pepsinogen, is released by the gastric chief cells in the stomach wall, and upon mixing with the hydrochloric acid of the gastric juice, pepsinogen activates to become pepsin.
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