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Lab15Electrolytes,Water,Acids& Bases BIO202L I also offer course attendance for all straighterline courses at a fee. Guaranteed score of 95% and above. If interested Inbox simonwamae5@gmai Student Name: GILBERTE LUBIN Access Code (located on the lid of your lab kit): AC-UKEWOE 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, and chemical reagents Lab15Electrolytes,Water,Acids& Bases BIO202L I also offer course attendance for all straighterline courses at a fee. Guaranteed score of 95% and above. If interested Inbox simonwamae5@gmai EXPERIMENT 1: BREATHING AND ACID-BASE BALANCE Introduction Questions 1. This experiment will demonstrate the role of the bicarbonate buffer system in regulating carbon dioxide-based acidity in the body. Briefly explain, below, how carbon dioxide plays a role in blood pH. Using carbonic anhydrase, carbon dioxide and water mix in the human body to generate carbonic acid, which then splits into bicarbonate and a hydrogen ion. Because of this, a lower breathing rate will result in a lower pH; the more carbon dioxide exhaled, the less carbon dioxide there is to support this reaction. 2. Describe the bicarbonate buffer system in the body. Ensure that you detail how it regulates the pH effects of carbon dioxide that you mentioned in your response to Question 1, above. The balance of carbonic acid, bicarbonate ions, and carbon dioxide is maintained by the bicarbonate buffer system, an acid-base homeostatic mechanism that supports appropriate metabolic function in the duodenum and blo


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