Examples of buffer in the following topics:
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- Acids dissociate into H+ and lower pH, while bases dissociate into OH- and raise pH; buffers can absorb these excess ions to maintain pH.
- Buffers are the key.
- Without this buffer system, the body's pH would fluctuate enough to jeopardize survival.
- Antacids, which combat excess stomach acid, are another example of buffers.
- Explain the composition of buffer solutions and how they maintain a steady pH
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- Dissolution, hemoglobin binding, and the bicarbonate buffer system are ways in which carbon dioxide is transported throughout the body.
- Third, the majority of carbon dioxide molecules (85 percent) are carried as part of the bicarbonate buffer system.
- The benefit of the bicarbonate buffer system is that carbon dioxide is "soaked up" into the blood with little change to the pH of the system.
- The presence of this bicarbonate buffer system also allows for people to travel and live at high altitudes.
- When the partial pressure of oxygen and carbon dioxide change at high altitudes, the bicarbonate buffer system adjusts to regulate carbon dioxide while maintaining the correct pH in the body.
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- Albumin, which constitutes about one-half of the blood serum protein, transports hormones and fatty acids, buffers pH, and maintains osmotic pressures.
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- Glia guide developing neurons to their destinations, buffer ions and chemicals that would otherwise harm neurons, and provide myelin sheaths around axons.
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- These diffuse into plasma, where H+ are buffered by hemoglobin.
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- Thus, cholesterol functions as a buffer, preventing lower temperatures from inhibiting fluidity and preventing higher temperatures from increasing fluidity too much.
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- Cells are broken using a lysis buffer (a solution that is mostly a detergent); lysis means "to split."
- Similar to DNA, RNA extraction involves the use of various buffers and enzymes to inactivate macromolecules and preserve the RNA.
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- Saliva contains mucus that moistens food and buffers the pH of the food.
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- The alkaline solution is rich in bicarbonate that neutralizes the acidity of chyme and acts as a buffer.
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- Large populations, on the other hand, are buffered against the effects of chance.