NUTRITION
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
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Question
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Where would you expect to find hydrochloric acid?
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stomach
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small intestine
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liver
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large intestine
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Hydrochloric acid is the main component of gastric juice and is secreted by the parietal cells of the gastric mucosa in the fundus and corpus.
Detailed explanation-2: -Parietal cells in the mucosa, the inner cell layer of our digestive tract, secrete hydrochloric acid (HCl) into the stomach’s lumen, or cavity. The solution in the lumen may have a pH of one or less10 times as acidic as pure lemon juice.
Detailed explanation-3: -Hydrochloric acid is the aqueous solution of hydrogen chloride gas and the main component of gastric acid, an acid produced naturally in the human stomach to help digest food. Hydrochloric acid is synthetically produced for a variety of industrial and commercial applications.
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