How does the body avoid damaging the digestive enzymes in the small intestine

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Biology

Jose White

6 April, 18:30

How does the body avoid damaging the digestive enzymes in the small intestine

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Dinky · Answer 1

As the stomach contents pass from the stomach to the small intestine, their acidity is rapidly neutralized by the addition of HCO3 - produced by the pancreasa good thing, too, because the mucosa of the small intestine has no other protection against HCl.