The bicarbonate buffer system affects the human body, involving acid and bases (Casiday and Frey, 2008). The bicarbonate buffer system balances the concentration of carbonic acid, bicarbonate ion, and carbon dioxide to maintain an optimal blood pH of the body (“Bicarbonate Buffering System,” n.d.). Many factors affect the buffer system to lower or to raise the blood pH, fluctuating to dangerously low and high levels (Holten, 2008). Without a proper regulation of these compounds, the tissues and organs may not function properly and even lead to death.
Recognized as the most important buffer in the body, the bicarbonate buffer system plays a large role in maintaining the acid-base balance (Casiday and Frey, 2008). As mentioned earlier, it stabilizes …show more content…
The exhalation of air in the lungs and the urine from the kidney represents the few examples of the physiological mechanisms involving the balance of the blood pH (Halarahman, 2013). Each of the organs have a job to help aid the bicarbonate buffer system, in order for it to function properly. The lungs increase the respiratory rate to return an imbalanced and low pH to normal, removing CO2 when the pH is too low. The lungs also decrease the respiratory rate to increase the high pH to normal by slowing down the rate of the removal of carbon dioxide when the blood pH is too high (Shoaib, 2015). The kidney also helps to balance the blood pH by releasing hydrogen ions into urine when blood pH is below the optimal range and reabsorbs the bicarbonate back into the urine when the pH is above the preferred range (Boundless, 2015). These organs participate in bicarbonate buffer system to maintain a healthy pH of the …show more content…
Exercising too much causes a danger to the body from the results of the metabolism active behavior, producing CO2 and H+ in the muscles (Casiday and Frey, 2008). After the oxygen supply is exceeded, the body will begin to use alternate biochemical process, generating lactic acid in the blood stream (Casiday and Frey, 2008). The CO2 and H+ produced from glucose while exercising, causes a drop in the pH which leads to acidosis (Casiday and Frey, 2008). Drugs and hyperventilation causes a respiratory alkalosis from an increase of the elimination of the CO2 (“Acidosis and Alkalosis,” 2014). The bicarbonate buffer system would need to switch the process, as mentioned earlier, to remove and add acid or base to the blood’s pH. Many activities that humans do can hugely impact the way the bicarbonate buffer system works and how it may damage the body at the same
Recognized as the most important buffer in the body, the bicarbonate buffer system plays a large role in maintaining the acid-base balance (Casiday and Frey, 2008). As mentioned earlier, it stabilizes …show more content…
The exhalation of air in the lungs and the urine from the kidney represents the few examples of the physiological mechanisms involving the balance of the blood pH (Halarahman, 2013). Each of the organs have a job to help aid the bicarbonate buffer system, in order for it to function properly. The lungs increase the respiratory rate to return an imbalanced and low pH to normal, removing CO2 when the pH is too low. The lungs also decrease the respiratory rate to increase the high pH to normal by slowing down the rate of the removal of carbon dioxide when the blood pH is too high (Shoaib, 2015). The kidney also helps to balance the blood pH by releasing hydrogen ions into urine when blood pH is below the optimal range and reabsorbs the bicarbonate back into the urine when the pH is above the preferred range (Boundless, 2015). These organs participate in bicarbonate buffer system to maintain a healthy pH of the …show more content…
Exercising too much causes a danger to the body from the results of the metabolism active behavior, producing CO2 and H+ in the muscles (Casiday and Frey, 2008). After the oxygen supply is exceeded, the body will begin to use alternate biochemical process, generating lactic acid in the blood stream (Casiday and Frey, 2008). The CO2 and H+ produced from glucose while exercising, causes a drop in the pH which leads to acidosis (Casiday and Frey, 2008). Drugs and hyperventilation causes a respiratory alkalosis from an increase of the elimination of the CO2 (“Acidosis and Alkalosis,” 2014). The bicarbonate buffer system would need to switch the process, as mentioned earlier, to remove and add acid or base to the blood’s pH. Many activities that humans do can hugely impact the way the bicarbonate buffer system works and how it may damage the body at the same