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Inessa [10]
3 years ago
12

The condition known as heartburn is most often caused by acid regurgitating from the stomach into the esophagus. Why do you thin

k the acid tends to burn the esophagus and produce pain but does not similarly burn the stomach?
Biology
1 answer:
Talja [164]3 years ago
7 0
Because the stomach is lined by a mucous membrane (the gastric mucosa)
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