AN SC311 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Lactic Acidosis, Carbonic Acid, Metabolic Alkalosis

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Animal Science
• Course: AN SC311
• Professor: Benjamin Willing

Document Summary

All the time we make acid in our blood. Need to get rid of it all the time. React with h ions and take them up. Breathing is one way to bring back your blood ph into the range. Point where they will lose or gain h ion. Picking up h ion can increase the amount of co2 produced. If you have non-volatile a(cid:272)id you do(cid:374)"t (cid:271)reathe it out a(cid:374)d (cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:272)ause (cid:373)eta(cid:271)oli(cid:272) a(cid:272)idosis. Birds have urates to bind up the h+ in the tubules. Glutamine ---> excrete acid and bicarbonate at the same time to buffer blood. Carnivores have a lower urine ph b/c eat more sulfur a. a than ruminants. Trying to maintain ion balance with ph balance. H+ into cell to help bring down ph. Dog in hot car will die because of respiratory alkalosis. From vomiting b/c you get rid of all the stomach acid. K+ is in cells and h+ is in blood.