what is acidity?? how is it related to the hydro chloric acid formed in our stomach?
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what is acidity?? how is it related to the hydro chloric acid formed in our stomach?
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Acidity:
Gastric acid, Gastric juice, or all times known as stomach acid, is a digestive fluid formed in the stomach membrane and is composed of hydrochloric acid, potassium chloride, and sodium chloride.
Parietal cells contain an extensive secretary network (called canaliculi) from which the hydrochloric acid is secreted into the lumen of the stomach. The pH of Gastric acid is 1.5 to 3.5 in the human stomach lumen, the acidity being maintained by the proton pump H*/K* ATPase.
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Concentrated hydrochloric acid is produced in our stomach which is lined with a mucus membrane which protects the inner wall of stomach. It is produced in excess acidity, ulcer, inflammation in stomach are observed. It can be cured by neutralizing the excess acid by mild bases like Na2CO3/Mg(OH)2 etc.