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NaHCO3 Sodium Bicarbonate
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What is the most important buffer in extracellular fluids?
Bicarbonate Buffer System (only important ECF buffer)
What are buffer and why are they important to life?
A buffer is a chemical or a combination of chemicals the keep the pH levels within normal limits. Buffers assist in maintaining normal pH levels in body fluids
What are the important buffers in our body?
There are many buffers in the body. These buffers can be found in the mouth and in the stomach to aid in digestion.
How does the hemoglobin-oxyhemoglobin buffer system help maintain the pH of body fluids?
Hemoglobin oxyhemoglobin is one of the main sources of extracellular fluids for the pH of body fluids. It helps with the protein of the body. It is needed for pH levels.
Why is it so important for cells to buffer solutions against rapid changes in pH?
Basically, it's because the fluids you take in all have different pH's. Naturally, this will change the pH values of your body. This is, obviously, not healthy for your body, so cells buffer the acidic or basic fluids you take in in order to keep you healthy.
Why do you need bicarbonates in your body?
The bicarbonate ion acts as a buffer to maintain the normal levels of acidity (pH) in blood and other fluids in the body.
Why Sodium is important for our body?
reatains fluids in your body
What chemicals that help keep body fluids within a normal pH range are called?
The answer is a buffer or buffers.
Why doesn't the rectum have buffer capacity?
The rectum doesn't have enough fluids to have buffer capacity.
Is the most important way that the body transport CO2?
The Bicarbonate Buffer System
What substance acts to prevent sudden pH in bodily fluids?
buffer
What is the principle buffer in the body?
A buffer is something that regulates or maintains the pH in the body. In the human body, carbonate is the main buffer in the blood and phosphate is the main buffer within cells.
