The stomach contains gastric juices for chemical digestion.
Acid or gastric
Gastric juice is mixed with food in the stomach to promote digestion.
The acidic digestive fluid secreted by various glands in the stomach lining into the lumen of thestomach , primarily for the partial digestion of food as well as the eradication of many pathogenicmicrobes that have concurrently entered by way of the oral cavityComponents:The gastric juice is made up of hydrochloric acid , pepsinogen and other digestive enzymes( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) , intrinsic factor , gastrin , mucus , and bicarbonates . It has a pH ranging from 1 to 2. Its low pH is essential in activating many digestive enzymes and in destroying various pathogens . The gastric juice also contains bicarbonates to neutralize the acid and thereby regulate the pH level in the stomach .
gastric acid
Orange juice
Yes they can be termed as digestive hormones. Salivary glands (saliva, that contains enzymes), glands in stomach (gastrin, promotes gastric juice secretion) and glands in duodenum and intestine (secretin, cholecystokinin (CCK) and gastric inhibitory peptide)
gastric juice
The type of 'juice' found in the human stomach is a very highly concentrated gastric acid that allows only a few specific enzymes to help in the proccess in the digestive system. This highly concentrated gastric acid is called Hydrochloric Acid (HCl). It is also mixed with Potassium Chloride (KCl) and Sodium Chloride (NaCl) to help fasten in the proccess.
---- Gastric acid is mainly composed of hydrochloric acid, 2 protein digesting enzymes (Pepsin and Rennin), as well as mucus.
Gastric Juice
Gastric Juice