Which choice best describes the antimicrobial activities in the mouth?
A) IgA secreted into the mucus coating prevents pathogen binding
B) production of enzymes that degrade bacterial peptidoglycan.
C) hydrochloric acid denatures proteins and killing many microbes
D) presence of activated macrophages that ingest pathogens
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