Hydrochloric acid is a concentrated acid which can burn several things even our hands but why it does not it burn us when it is secreted in our stomach

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Mucous-producing cells at the neck of the gastric pits create a layer of protective mucous covering the stomach lining. This mucous layer includes bicarbonate ions which act as a chemical barrier against the protons in gastric juice

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