What is the role of the hormone, gastrin, in the stomach?

What will be an ideal response?


The stomach increases or decreases its acid secretion depending on when and what you eat. Arrival of food in the stomach, especially protein, triggers endocrine cells in the stomach lining to secrete the hormone gastrin into the blood. Gastrin acts on acid-secreting cells of the stomach lining, causing them to increase their output. When the stomach is empty, gastrin secretion declines. The resulting decrease in acid secretion minimizes the likelihood that excess acidity will damage the stomach wall.

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a. dendrites b. cell body c. axon d. both dendrites and the axon e. dendrites, cell body, and the axon

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A. pyruvate. B. glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate. C. 3-phosphoglycerate. D. citric acid. E. glucose.

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A. energy. B. an electron. C. space. D. living. E. matter.

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