Learn about Acid/Base Balance by completing the following lab simulation.
Objectives:
- Define pH and identify the normal range of human blood pH values.
- Define acid and base and distinguish between weak and strong acids and bases.
- Explain how chemical and physiological buffering systems help regulate pH of the body fluids.
- Define the conditions of acidosis and alkalosis.
- Explain the difference between respiratory and metabolic acid-base disturbances.
- Explain how the respiratory and renal systems attempt to compensate for pH imbalances caused by each other.
