QuestionSBA
QuestionChoice
These produce mucus to protect the stomach lining.
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e
Goblet cells
QuestionChoice
These secrete pepsinogen which helps break down proteins.
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c
Chief cells
QuestionChoice
These produce somatostatin which works to inhibit gastric acid secretion.
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a
D-cells
QuestionChoice
These secrete gastric acid (hydrochloric acid) to maintain the acidity of the stomach crucial to its role in digestion.
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d
Parietal cells
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These produce gastrin which works in the opposite way to somatostatin. Gastrin stimulates acid secretion.
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b
G-cells
Concept
Chapter
2693
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Somatostatin
Topic
149
Gastro-intestinal physiology
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Within the wall of the stomach are the gastric pits.

Which of the following cells are involved in secreting the enzyme somatostatin which is responsible for inhibiting gastric acid secretion?
a