___ secretes gastric juice which contains hydrochloric acid.

Stomach

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Small intestine

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The correct option is A Stomach
Stomach secretes gastric juice. It contains hydrochloric acid which kills the microorganisms which enters along with the food. It also provides acidic medium to the protein digesting enzyme pepsin.

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