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Which of the following statements is true of gastric juice? Group of answer choices

a.It lubricates and protects the microvilli that cover enterocytes.
b.It aids the transformation of bolus into chyme.
c.It neutralizes the acidic chyme before
d.it enters the duodenum. Next

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Answer:

b.It aids the transformation of bolus into chyme.

Step-by-step explanation:

In the stomach, food is mixed with stomach secretion, gastric juice (a solution rich in hydrochloric acid and enzymes (pepsin and renin).

The stomach produces about three liters of gastric juice a day. Food can remain in the stomach for up to four hours or more and mixes with gastric juice aided by stomach muscle contractions. The cake turns into an acidified, semi-liquid mass, the fifth. Passing through a muscle sphincter (the pylorus), the chyme is gradually released into the small intestine, where the most important part of digestion occurs.

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