GENERAL HISTOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Gastric juice is made up of digestive enzymes, hydrochloric acid and other substances that are important for absorbing nutrients – about 3 to 4 liters of gastric juice are produced per day. The hydrochloric acid in the gastric juice breaks down the food and the digestive enzymes split up the proteins.

Detailed explanation-2: -Gastric acid is made of hydrochloric acid.

Detailed explanation-3: -When hydrogen chloride gas is dissolved in water, it forms hydrochloric acid. This is a strong acid also known as muriatic acid.

Detailed explanation-4: -Stomach Acid In chemical terms, it is an acid solution with a pH of 1 to 2 in the stomach lumen, consisting mainly of hydrochloric acid (HCl) (around 0.5%, or 5000 parts per million), and large quantities of potassium chloride (KCl) and sodium chloride (NaCl).

Detailed explanation-5: -HCl is an important component in gastric juice. It is a strong acid produced by the parietal cells in the corpus generating a gastric pH of 2-3[1].