Exam III: Acid Base Balance Flashcards
What is the lowest pH a patient can survive with?
6.8
What is the highest pH a patient can survive with?
7.8
Life depends on maintaining what 3 things?
- The proper amt. of body water
- The correct proportion of water and electrolytes in the water
- the body pH within a narrow range
_____ affects the structure of proteins, and consequently, the function of enzymes, receptors, transport P, channels, etc.
H ions
Substances in the body that are important to maintain the pH of 7.4
Buffer
What are the 2 buffer systems?
- intracellular
2. extracellular
What two organs help maintain the physiological pH?
lungs and kidney
What is eliminated from the lungs to help maintain pH
CO2
What is eliminated from the kidneys to adjust pH?
H+ and HCO3-
If you inc. H+ you will inc/dec pH?
Dec.
solutions with a lower pH will have a high/low H conc.?
high
Solutions with a high pH will have a high/low pH conc?
low
A solution with the same pH as water (pH 7)
neutral
What is the logaritmic expression of pH?
pH=
-log(H+)
Which of the following has the highest pH?
a. gastric juice
b. plasma
c. pancreatic juice
c. pancreatic juice
Which of the following has the lowest pH?
a. gastric juice
b. plasma
c. pancreatic juice
a. gastric juice
Whicch of the following has the highest H+ conc?
a. gastric juice
b. plasma
c. pancreatic juice
a. gastric juice
What equation do we use to cal culate pH in living organisms?
Henderson-Hasselbalch equation
what values are used to calculate the henderso- H equation?
CO2
Bicarbonate
If you have an inc. in HC03 you will have a inc/dec in pH
inc
If you have an inc. in PC02 you will have an inc/dec in pH
dec.
what is alkalosis?
inc in pH
What is acidosis
Dec in pH
molecule that can release H+ ions
Acid
what are the 2 types of acids?
- Volatile acids
2. Non-volatile acids
Where do volatile acids come from?
combination of CO2 with H2O
Where do non-volatile acids come from?
byproducts of metabolism
Molecule that can accept H+
base
An acid that rapidly dissociates and releases high amounts of H+
strong acid
An acid that releases H with less vigor
weak acid
A base that reacts rapidly and strongly with H and removes H very quickly from solution
Strong Base
Which of the following substances are considered buffers?
a. carbohydrates
b. bicarbonate
c. hemoglobin
d. fatty acids
e. b and c
f. all of the above
e. B and c
A base that reacts slowly to H+
Weak base
What is the most important acid in the ECF.
H2CO3
What is the most important base in the ECF?
HCO3-
Are the acids and bases found in the ECF strong or weak?
Weak
A molecule formed by the combination of one or more of the alkaline metals with a basic ion
Alkali
Are acids or bases alkali?
Base
A substance that is able to neutralize small amounts of added acid or base, thus maintaining the pH of the solution relatively stable?
Buffer
What is the dissociation constant (pK)?
pH at which half of the aid is dissociated and half is undissociated
T/F. intracellular pH is slightly higher than plasma pH?
F. slightly lower