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प्रश्न
What would happen if HCl were not secreted in the stomach?
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उत्तर १
Hydrochloric acid is secreted by the glands present on the stomach walls. It dissolves bits of food and creates an acidic medium. The acidic medium allows pepsinogen to be converted into pepsin. Pepsin plays an important role in the digestion of proteins. Therefore, if HCl were not secreted in the stomach, then pepsin would not be activated. This would affect protein digestion. A pH of about 1.8 is necessary for proteins to be digested. This pH is achieved by HCl.
उत्तर २
HCl is secreted by parietal or oxyntic cells of gastric glands. It serves the following functions:
- It activates the pepsinogen and prorennin into their active form pepsin and rennin.
- It provides the acidic pH (pH 1.8) optimal for pepsin.
- It kills the harmful bacteria present in the food.
- It stops the action of saliva on food. Pepsin and rennin are the principle proteolytic enzymes of stomach. If these enzymes are not activated by HCl then digestion of protein will not take place in stomach, and also the harmful bacteria can cause various diseases.
संबंधित प्रश्न
Choose the correct answer among the following:
Succus entericus is the name given to
(i) a junction between ileum and large intestine
(ii) intestinal juice
(iii) swelling in the gut
(iv) appendix
Match column I with column II
| Column I | Column II | ||
| a | Bilirubin and biliverdin | 1 | Parotid |
| b | Hydrolysis of starch | 2 | Bile |
| c | Digestion of fat | 3 | Lipases |
| d | Salivary gland | 4 | Amylases |
How does pepsinogen change into its active form?
Answer briefly:
How does bile help in the digestion of fats?
Describe the process of digestion of protein in stomach.
Name different types of teeth and their number in an adult human.
Which of the following sphincter controls the passage of food into the stomach?
Emulsification of fats is brought about by ______.
Mark the right statement among the following
The food mixes thoroughly with the acidic gastric juice of the stomach by the churning movements of its muscular wall. What do we call the food then?
Correct the following statement by deleting one of entries (given in bold).
Saliva contains enzymes that digest starch/protein.
Name the part of the alimentary canal where major absorption of digested food takes place. What are the absorbed forms of different kinds of food materials?
Correct the statement given below by the right option shown in the bracket against them.
Rennin is a proteolytic enzyme found in gastric juice in (infants/adults).
Correct the statement given below by the right option shown in the bracket against them.
Dipeptides, disaccharides and glycerides are broken down into simple substances in region of small intestine. (jejunum/duodenum)
How is the intestinal mucosa protected from the acidic food entering from stomach?
Describe the enzymatic action on fats in the duodenum.
