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Acid-Base Balance
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Veterinary Medicine
Undergraduate 2
10/30/2013

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Term
Acid
Definition
Releases H+ ions
Term
Base
Definition

Releases OH- ions

 

 

Term
PH
Definition

Low Ph = high H+ = acidosis

 

High Ph = low H+ = alkalosis

 

Co2 can alter ph

 

 

Term
PH Change
Definition
Symptom of disease, injury, trama, medication, and infection
Term
3 Major Organs Involed in Acid-Base Regulation
Definition

Liver

 

Kidney

 

Lungs

Term
Liver Buffers
Definition

Secrete chemical buffers

 

HCO3

 

Bicarbonate

 

Phosphate

Term
Lung Buffers
Definition

Respiratory buffers

 

CO2 loss

Term
Kidney Buffers
Definition

Metabolic buffers

 

Reabsorbs or excretes acids or bases needed to maintain Ph

 

Produce HCO3

Term
Metabolic Acidosis
Definition

Causes an increase in H+ and a decrease in HCO3

 

Compensates by lungs - hyperventilation

Term
Respiratory Acidosis
Definition

Accumulation of H+ due to lungs being unable to remove

 

Compensates by kidney - excretion of H+

 

 

Term
Metabolic Alkalosis
Definition

Decrease in H+ and increase in HCO3

 

Compensates with kidney - decreases H+

Term
Respiratory Alkalosis
Definition

Decrease in H+

 

Compensation with Kidneys

Term
Chemical Buffers
Definition
§HCO3-

 

§Phosphate

 

 

§Protein
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