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Alex17521 [72]
2 years ago
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What's the PH of the stomach and small intestine

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2 answers:
AVprozaik [17]2 years ago
6 0

The pH of the stomach is acidic while that of small intestine is slightly alkaline.

<h3>What is pH?</h3>

This is referred to as the power of hydrogen and is the measure of the degree of acidity or alkalinity of a substance.

The stomach contains dil. Hcl which makes it acidic while the small intestine is alkaline because of the presence of bile.

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AnnyKZ [126]2 years ago
6 0

The intraluminal pH is rapidly changed from highly acid in the stomach to about pH 6 in the duodenum. The pH gradually increases in the small intestine from pH 6 to about pH 7.4 in the terminal ileum. The pH drops to 5.7 in the caecum, but again gradually increases, reaching pH 6.7 in the rectum.

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