MEDICAL
STOMACH
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Question
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Pepsin
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Peptin
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Pepto
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Protein
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Detailed explanation-1: -Pepsin is a stomach enzyme that serves to digest proteins found in ingested food. Gastric chief cells secrete pepsin as an inactive zymogen called pepsinogen. Parietal cells within the stomach lining secrete hydrochloric acid that lowers the pH of the stomach. A low pH (1.5 to 2) activates pepsin.
Detailed explanation-2: -The stomach plays a critical role in the early stages of food digestion. Asides from squeezing and churning the food bolus, it also secretes a mixture of compounds, collectively known as “gastric juice.” Gastric juice comprises water, mucus, hydrochloric acid, pepsin, and intrinsic factor.
Detailed explanation-3: -Protease (made in the pancreas; breaks down proteins)
Detailed explanation-4: -In the digestive tract pepsin effects only partial degradation of proteins into smaller units called peptides, which then either are absorbed from the intestine into the bloodstream or are broken down further by pancreatic enzymes.