HUMAN NUTRITION

Detailed explanation-1: -Gastric mucus is a gel-mucous barrier secreted by epithelial cells and glandular cells in the stomach wall. It acts as part of a barrier that protects the stomach wall from the acid and digestive enzymes within the stomach lumen.

Detailed explanation-2: -The mucus shields the stomach wall from the digestive enzyme pepsin’s self-digestion as well as the acidic quality of the gastric juice.

Detailed explanation-3: -The stomach normally does not digest itself because of a mechanism which regulates gastric secretion. This checks the secretion of gastric juice before the content becomes sufficiently corrosive to damage the mucosa. Pure gastric juice can destroy the mucosa and produce a peptic ulcer.