Test 5 (acid base) Flashcards
(weak/strong acid or base)
- Reacts rapidly & strongly with Hydrogen to quickly remove H+ from solution
- Ex: OH- because it reacts strongly with hydrogen to form water
- Strong base
The degree of disassociation of substances in water determines whether they are a __ __/__
The degree of disassociation of substances in water determines whether they are strong acid/base.
a compound that produces hydroxyl ions in water
base
- An __ is a compound that when it reacts with water gives off H+ ion.
- A ___is a compound that produces hydroxyl ion in water.
- An acid is a compound that when it reacts with water gives off H+ ion.
- A base is a compound that produces hydroxyl ion in water.
example of base that combines with H2O
- Bicarbonate (HCO3) because it can combine with water to form carbonic acid (H2CO3).
- one of the most important body bases.
- Protein that are in hemoglobin in RBCs and some of the proteins found in other cells are one of the most important body bases.
- Molecule formed by combination of 1 or more alkaline metals + OH- .
- Ex sodium(Na), Potassium (K), lithium (Li) etc. which can react with a high basic ion such as hydroxyl.
Alkali
- Less likely to dissociate their ions; hydrogen is not released as quickly
- EX: H2CO3
- Weak acid
- Binds with H+ more weakly
- Ex: HCO3-
- Weak base:
- Rapidly dissociates & releases large amounts H+ in the solution
- Ex: HCL
- Strong acid
formula for a normal pH
- pH = log 1/[H+] = −log[H+]
- Normal [H+] is 40 nEq/L (0.00000004Eq/L) or
- pH = − log[0.00000004]
- pH = 7.4
- what is the range for urine pH
- depends on what?
- Urine pH range: 4.5-8.0
- Depends on acid-base status of ECF
- Kidneys play a major role in regulating the status.
- Gastric pH
- secreted form what cells
- pH
- H+ conc compared to blood
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Gastric pH
- Example of an extremely acidic bodily fluid is hydrochloric acid (HCl) that is secreted from parietal cell of the stomach mucosa pH is 0.8 because of H+ concentration is 4 million times more than that found in the blood.
3 Primary Systems Regulate H+ concentration
- 3 Primary Systems Regulate H+ concentration
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1) Chemical acid-base buffer system
- Rapid (immediate)
- Buffer systems do not remove or add H+ but rather bind H+
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2) Respiratory system
- Rapid (3-12 minutes)
- Removes CO2 in form of carbonic acid
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3) Kidneys
- Slow (1-2 days)
- Eliminates excess acid or base
- Most powerful
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1) Chemical acid-base buffer system
where is carbonic acid abundant
- Enzyme is especially abundant in the walls of the alveoli where CO2 is released
- Also present in large amount in the epithelium cells of renal tubules where CO2 reacts with water to form carbonic acid
•Bicarbonate Buffer System
2 parts
•Bicarbonate Buffer System
- Weak acid
- Bicarbonate salt
- For any acid, concentration of acid relative to its dissociated ions is defined by ____ ____
- For any acid, concentration of acid relative to its dissociated ions is defined by the dissociation constant K’
- CO2 dissolved in blood directly proportional to what?
- CO2 dissolved in blood directly proportional to amount of undissociated H2CO3
what is the henderson-hasselbalch equation/formula?
•Bicarbonate buffer system
- pH = pK + log [HCO3-/(0.03 x PCO2)]
- pH = 6.1 + log [HCO3-/(0.03 x PCO2)]
- pK is 6.1
- 0.03 is solubility coefficient for CO2
Bicarbonate buffer system is the most important _____ intra/extra-cell buffer
Bicarbonate buffer system is the most important extracellular buffer
there’s ___ x as much of the bicarbonate buffer system in the form of bicarbonate (HCO3-) as there is in the form of CO2
there’s 20 x as much of the bicarbonate buffer system in the form of bicarbonate (HCO3-) as there is in the form of CO2
why is bicarb system, although most important, not expected to be powerful (2):
- 20 x as much HCO3 > CO2
- operates on the portion of the buffering curve where the slope is very low, and so that suggests that buffering power would be poor.
- Concentrations of CO2 & HCO3- not great
Speed/rate of buffering by plasma bicarbonate
- Buffering by plasma bicarbonate
- Almost immediate
below pH of 7.4, the hydrogen ion concentration increases ___ nano-equivalents per liter (nEq/L) for each ___ decrease in pH
- below pH of 7.4,
- the hydrogen ion concentration increases 1.25 nano-equivalents per liter (nEq/L) for each 0.01 decrease in pH