Lab15Electrolytes,Water,Acids&Bases
Lab Report Format Expectations Utilize college level grammar and professional formatting when completing this worksheet. Submissions without proper formatting, all required photos or sufficient responses will be rejected. Prelab Questions 1. How can eating a high-salt diet increase blood pressure? Given that salt contains sodium, eating a lot of it increases one's intake of sodium. The rise in sodium concentration causes the body to be less able to expel extra water from the body while increasing intravascular capacity. As a result, the increased cardiac output causes the blood pressure to rise.. 2. Research the following disorders and write a definition for each: a. Acidemia: the situation when the body and blood tissues have more hydrogen ions than usual, which lowers pH. b. Alkalemia: the condition wherein the pH rises as the hydrogen concentration of blood and bodily tissues falls.. c. Acidosis: the mechanism that causes blood tissues and the human body altogether to become more acidic. d. Alkalosis: the reason why blood and biological tissues have lower concentrations of hydrogen ions.. 3. Name three ways the body regulates the pH of blood. respiratory control, renal control
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