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Question 1

What should the Ph of the blood be roughly?

How is it maintained?

Answer 1

7.4

HCO3- and H2PO4-

Question 2

What would happen if the blood did not contain these?

Answer 2

Lots of ph fluctuations due to lactic acid/ketone bodies…

Question 3

Metabolic acidosis

Answer 3

During drug absorption - highly acidic drugs such as aspirin might alter the pH of the stomach of 1.5

Question 4

Respiratory acidosis

Answer 4

C02 will cause Ph of blood to fall- this occurs during pulmonary constriction