THORAX ABDOMEN AND PELVIS

MEDICAL

STOMACH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is not present in the gastric juice?
A
pepsinogen
B
water
C
HCl
D
antibodies
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Evidence is presented that asso-ciated circulating antibody to cytoplasm of thyroid acinar cell does not appear in the gastric juice.

Detailed explanation-2: -Gastric juice is a unique combination of hydrochloric acid (HCl), lipase, and pepsin.

Detailed explanation-3: -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.

Detailed explanation-4: -It is a lipolytic enzyme that breaks down fats to smaller molecules i.e. monoglycerides and diglycerides. So, the correct answer is ‘(b) Trypsin, Lipase, and Rennin’. Note: A healthy adult human secretes around 1.5 liters of gastric juice in a day.

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