Exam 33: Acid-Base Balance

Hydrogen ions are continually entering the body fluids through:

Explain the methods the kidney uses to help control the pH of the blood.

The chloride shift makes it possible for carbon dioxide to be buffered in the red blood cell and then carried as bicarbonate in the plasma.

A diet that is very high in protein or very high in fruits and vegetables would tax the body's ability to maintain acid-base balance.

A solution with a pH of 6 would have _____ ions than a solution with a pH of 4.

Which of the following is considered a powerful physiological buffering system of the body?

Match each term with it corresponding definition. -any substance that increases the hydrogen ion concentration of a solution

One of the potential serious side effects of taking the drug Glucophage is lactic acidosis.

A vegetarian diet would tend to produce an alkaline state in body fluids.

The most rapidly acting buffer system in the body is the _____ buffering system.