If pancreatic secretions were absent,
a. there would be no bicarbonate to buffer the acid in chyme entering the duodenum.
b. mechanical digestion in the stomach would be inhibited.
c. the hormone secretin would not be secreted by the small intestine.
d. the gallbladder would not contract to release bile into the small intestine.
Answer: a. there would be no bicarbonate to buffer the acid in chyme entering the duodenum.
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