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Which of the following would most likely happen if the epithelial cells in the stomach failed to produce mucus?
Food leaving the stomach would only be partially digested.
Gastric juice would digest the stomach lining, resulting in ulcers.
Stomach pH would increase, resulting in acid reflux disease.
The cells would break down more slowly in order to protect the stomach.

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Gastric juice would digest the stomach lining, resulting in ulcers.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

The gastric juices helps in the digestion of the food but the pH of the these juices can affect the inner lining of the stomach if there would have no mucus secretion from the epithelial cells.

The low pH would have been destroyed the lining of stomach and this can result in the causing ulcer. To prevent this the walls of the stomach has epithelial cells that secretes sticky secretion known as mucus.

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