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How is gastric acid produced?

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Gastric acid is produced in many steps. Chloride and Hydrogen are secreted separately from the cytoplasm of parietal cells and mixed in the canaliculi and, Gastric acid is then secreted into the lumen of the gastric gland and gradually reaches the main stomach lumen.

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Gastric acid secretion is produced in several steps. Chloride and hydrogen ions are secreted separately from the cytoplasm of parietal cells and mixed in the canaliculi. Gastric acid is then secreted into the lumen of the gastric gland and gradually reaches the main stomach lumen.

basically in the stomach

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