Manufacturers of some medications used to treat heartburn advertise that their products shut down the acid-producing pumps in the stomach. Where are these "acid-producing pumps"? In other words, which type of gastric gland cell secretes acid?

A. Chief cells
B. Parietal cells
C. Mucous neck cells
D. Surface mucous cells
E. Enteroendocrine cells


B

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