"Heartburn" is caused by

a. HCl sloshing back into the esophagus.
b. pepsin sloshing back into the esophagus.
c. pepsinogen sloshing back into the esophagus.
d. chymotrypsin sloshing back into the esophagus.
e. intrinsic factor sloshing back into the esophagus.


A

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