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Identify the cells of the gastric mucosa that secrete:

(a) HCl
(b) pepsinogen
(c) histamine

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Answer:

(a) HCl : parietal cells

(b) pepsinogen : zymogenic (chief) cells

(c) histamine : enterochromaffin-like cells (ECLs) cells

Step-by-step explanation:

Gastric mucosa, mucous membrane layer present in the stomach contains gastric glands and the gastric pits.

The three types of gastric glands present are- cardiac glands, fundic or oxyntic glands and pyloric glands

(a) HCl : Secreted by the parietal cells present in the fundus

(b) pepsinogen : secreted by the zymogenic (chief) cells present in the oxyntic glands

(c) histamine : secreted by the enterochromaffin-like cells (ECLs) cells present in the oxyntic glands.

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