MCAT Question A Day - 1/18/14

Chief cells in the stomach lining produce the inactive enzyme pepsinogen, which is activated to form pepsin by HCl produced by neighboring parietal cells. In which layer of the stomach are these cells located?

A. Mucosa

B. Submucosa

C. Muscularis externa

D. Serosa

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