CHEM 282 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Bleeding, Extracellular Fluid, Carbonic Anhydrase

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The concept of acid base balance refers to the regulation of hydrogen ions in the body fluids. Bases- substances that bind free h+ in solution: the stronger the base, the easier it can bind h, when a strong base is added to solution, it decreases the concentration of free h+ ph designation. Ph= 7 is considered to be neutral (water) solutions with a ph< 7 are acidic as they have more free h+ and solutions with ph> 7 are basic because they have less free h+ If the blood is acidotic, then more h+ then k+ will be secreted. Under normal conditions there is an almost constant production or release of h+ into the body fluids and majority of this comes from metabolic activities. A chemical buffer is a mixture of two chemicals that interact in such a way to resist ph changes when either an acid or a base is added to the system.

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