ABDOMINAL
GASTROINTESTINAL
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Question
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Which digestive organ functions to produce acid to kill germs that enter with food?
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mouth
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stomach
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small intestine
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colon
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Statement 1: Stomach secretes hydrochloric acid to kill bacteria.
Detailed explanation-2: -Killing of Bacteria-Killing of bacteria occurs in stomach. In Stomach HCl (hydrochloric acid) present which is highly acidic in nature. These acid kills the bacteria which came with food. This acid also helps to break food particles into small particles.
Detailed explanation-3: -Two types of glands exist in the gastric mucosa that aid in chemical digestion: oxyntic glands and pyloric glands. Oxyntic glands are located in the body of the stomach and contain parietal cells and chief cells. Parietal cells secrete hydrochloric acid, concentrated to approximately 160 mmol/L and a pH of 0.8.
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