Acid Base Balance

Question 1

Protein and phospholipid catabolism produce what?

Answer 1

Hydrogen

Question 2

Carbon dioxide and water form what?

Answer 2

Carbonic Acid
(which is bicarbonate and hydrogen)

Question 3

What is the normal pH range of blood?

Answer 3

7.35 - 7.45

Question 4

What is the normal range of CO2?

Answer 4

35 - 45

Question 5

What is the normal range of bicarb?

Answer 5

22 - 26

Question 6

What does HPO4 accept in the tubule for excretion?

Answer 6

Hydrogen

Question 7

How does ammonia work in the urine?

Answer 7

NH3 works as the urinary buffer and accepts a hydrogen.

Question 8

Things that have a negative charge, but that we don’t have an explanation for or know where they came from (but we know how much they don’t match)

Answer 8

Anion Gap

Question 9

What does it mean when the Anion Gap gets too high?

Answer 9

Metabolic Acidosis
(increased negative ions)

Question 10

What kind of pathologies would result in lactic acidosis?

Answer 10

Heart Attacks
Strokes
Shock

Question 11

Why are bicarbonate levels higher when you have acidosis?

Answer 11

Kidneys are reabsorbing more bicarbonate to try and offset what is happening in the lungs.