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