How is the intestinal mucosa protected from the acidic food entering from stomach?

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Solution

The mucus secreted by the goblet cells along with the bicarbonates from the pancreas play an important role in lubrication and protection of the mucosal epithelium from excoriation by the highly concentrated hydrochloric acid.

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