Question:
How is the intestinal mucosa protected from the acidic food entering from the stomach?
Solution:
The mucus and bicarbonates help and protect the mucosal epithelium from excoriation of the secreted hydrochloric acid in a higher concentration. They provide an alkaline medium also.
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