MEDICAL
STOMACH
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Question
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Produce about ____ of gastric juice a day
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1 L
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2 L
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3 L
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4 L
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5 L
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Gastric HCl is secreted from the highly specialized parietal cells located in the corpus of the stomach, generating a H+ concentration in the gastric juice that is 3 million times greater than that in blood and tissue. The process is controlled by a complex system of endocrine cells and neurons.
Detailed explanation-2: -The normal volume of the stomach fluid is 20 to 100 mL and the pH is acidic (1.5 to 3.5). These numbers are converted to actual acid production in units of milliequivalents per hour (mEq/hr) in some cases.
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