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Acid- base balance- Lecture 2 (Role of blood buffers)
- March 4, 2020
- Posted by: Namrata Chhabra
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Buffers Buffers are weak acids or bases that are able to minimize changes in pH by taking up or releasing H+. Phosphate is an example of an effective buffer, as in the following reaction: HPO4 2- + (H+) «H2 PO4 – Upon addition of an H+ to extracellular fluids, the monohydrogen phosphate binds H+ to…
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