How does stomach acid not affect your stomach itself, and how does it stay in your stomach?
In: Biology
The stomach has a layer of cells that constantly produce mucous to protect the inner layers of the stomach from the acid. And the acid stays down because between the esophagus and the stomach itself there is a ring of muscles (kinda like an anus) that prevents the stomach content from flowing back up.
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