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  4. The secretions of the brush border cells of the intestinal mucosa along with the secretion of goblet cells constitute the

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Q. The secretions of the brush border cells of the intestinal mucosa along with the secretion of goblet cells constitute the

KEAMKEAM 2015Digestion and Absorption

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The intestinal mucosal epithelium has goblet cells which secrete mucus. The secretions of the brush border cells of the mucosa alongwith the secretions of the goblet cells constitute the intestinal juice or succus entericus. This juice contains a variety of enzymes like disaccharidases (e.g.9 maltase), dipeptidases, lipases, nucleosidases, etc. The mucus along with the bicarbonates from the pancreas protects the intestinal mucosa from acid as well as provide an alkaline medium (pH 7.8) for enzymatic activities