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____ helps in the protection of mucosa from HCl


A

Pepsinogen

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Mucus

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Gastric lipase

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Kupffer cells

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Solution

The correct option is B

Mucus


Mucus helps in the protection of mucosa from HCl.

Pepsinogen is the inactive form of the protein-digesting enzyme, pepsin.

Gastric lipase is an enzyme that breaks down dietary fats into fatty acids and glycerol.

Kupffer cells are phagocytic cells present in mammalian liver.


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