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Question
Name the digestive juice secreted by the stomach and give its function.
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Solution
The digestive juice secreted by the stomach is the gastric juice.
The gastric juice contains
- — water
- — hydrochloric acid
- — enzyme
Which have the following roles:
- Hydrochloric acid serves to kill the germs and activates pepsin. Pepsin converts proteins into peptones and proteoses.
- Enzyme rennin converts the milk casein into curd.
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