What would happen if HCl was not secreted in the stomach?

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Food will not be properly digested

Human will vomit

Stomach lining will collapse

None of the above

answer is A.

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If HCl was not secreted in the stomach, food will not be properly digested.

Digestive system is a combination of the various organs that are present in the human body that work together to digest the food ingested by humans. The alimentary canal along with the digestive glands form the digestive system. The stomach is one of the organs that is responsible for the breakdown of the food material into simpler form. It forms a part of the alimentary canal but is also acts as a secretive gland. The stomach releases highly acidic hydrochloric acid that creates an acidic medium to help in the activation of various digestive enzymes that aid the process of digestion. Hence, if HCl will not be present in the stomach it will not be able to fully digest the food material and the function of various enzymes would also be inhibited.

Hence, the correct option is A.

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