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Question

What will happen if the secretion of parietal cells of gastric glands is blocked with an inhibitor?

[A] Gastric juice will be deficient in chymosin
[B] Gastric juice will be deficient in pepsinogen
[C] In the absence of HCl secretion, inactive pepsinogen is not converted into the active enzyme pepsin
[D] Enterokinase will not be released from the duodenal mucosa and so trypsinogen is not converted to trypsin
Answer & Explanation

Answer: In the absence of HCl secretion, inactive pepsinogen is not converted into the active enzyme pepsin