why is PH important for bodily fluid?
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Essentially pH is important in how reactions happen, and in a system as precise as the human body, any small change can have an effect on how the chemical reactions occur.  Enzymes might not work anymore, your blood cells might not be able to get as much oxygen, etc.
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strong acids have a high tendency to donate protons (hydrogen ions) and strong bases have a high tendency to receive them.  \nstrong acids have a very low pH, 1-3\nweak acids have a ph of about 3-6\npH 7 - neutral solution\nweak bases have phs of about 8-11\nstrong bases - ph 11-14
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True. water is essential for the transport of nutrients within them, since it is the "universal solvent".
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When doing pool chemistry, you want to stay within a particular pH range. To do so, you add various chemicals (Muriatic Acid, for example) to raise or lower the pH. Muriatic Acid is just a weak weak solution of water and HCl, so you are adding H+ to the water to balance it with the OH-.
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if the container is not disinfected to inhabit bacteria then some biochemical reaction can happen inside you container and change your pH
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well without it their cells would shrivel up and die...\n\nwater is essential to dissolve most minerals and compounds in because it is a polar molecule and things are easily dissolved in it. the body takes advantage of these properties of water and our living system is based off of the properties of water and most of our bodies are actually made up of water.
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A rythmic expulsion of carbon dioxide which aids in maintaining the proper pH balance in the bloodstream in order to maintain life.
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Probably not because albumin is a protein and in order to have a buffer you need an acid and a base. The best buffers use a weak acid and a weak base.....
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Buffers maintain a specific pH (the concentration of dissolved hydrogen ions, H+). Many differend biological and industrial buffers exist. In your blood, for instance, Carbonate is used to maintain blood pH. Biological buffers used in science include Tris, CHAPS, HEPES, MOPS, etc. (Go to www.sigma.com for a ore extensive list).\n\nA buffer, as defined by Van Slyke, is "a substance which by its presence in solution increases the amount of acid or alkali that must be added to cause unit change in pH". Buffers are thus very important components in experiments designed to study biological reactions by maintaining a constant concentration of hydrogen ions within the physiological range. The pH of mammalian blood is maintained close to 7.38 by buffer systems such as\n\nH2PO4- <=> HPO42-, CO2 <=> H2CO3, \n\nH2CO3 <=> HCO3-, \n\n\nmany organic acids, organic bases and proteins. In living plants, the normal range of pH in tissues is about 4.0-6.2. It is not as narrowly defined as in mammalian tissues.
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Saliva helps to masticate food and adds fluid so swallowing is easier.  It contains amylase which begins assisting in chemical break down of starches.\n\nOur body, serum has a pH of 7.40 +/- 0.02.  Only under extreme circumstances would our body pH deviate beyond the variance above.  Eating would not change it.  \n\nSwallowing a whole bottle of aspirin might, though (aspirin is an acid).  The kidneys and our respiration system would work very hard to get it back to normal as soon as possible.
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yes Le chatelier's principle could help you, there is increase in acidity of the body due to accumulation of metabolites in the blood ( the heart is not working properly so the wastes of the cells specially acids do accumulates) so sodium bicarbonate is given to make the equilibrium\n+H + H2CO3 --------->  H2O + CO2\nthe water gets out by kidneys or throught respiration and CO2 gets out  through respiration!
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Well, if the human body were unable to use buffer solutions to neutralize excess acid or base, thereby maintaining a stable pH range, you would die.\n\nNeutralization is also useful for cleanup of spills of hazardous materials.
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Generally there are 2 reasons why a part of your body might lack blood, physical and chemical.  Physical reasons might be that the part of your body may be too tight to allow for good circulation.  In this case, you must stretch (eg. yoga or pilates) and exercise to loosen up that area.  Doing heat pack will also help to aid the blood flow temporarily.  One important thing to remember though is that the source of tightness might be completely unexpected.  If you have cold hands, it may be more helpful to stretch your calves or your shoulders depending on your body structure rather than the hand itself.  You must remember to treat your body as a whole.  Chemical reasons could come from your diet or the air you breathe or any other intake (eg. tobacco or drugs).  This could alter the chemical make up of your bloodstream.  In this case, what you would have to do is to remove the chemical that is causing the problem.  What part of your body is lacking sufficient blood?
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Water is important to all living things. Up to 60% of the human body is water, the brain is composed of about 70% water, blood is 82% and the lungs are nearly 90% water. Water is the principal constituent of the fluid that surround and are within all living cells. (Nutrition Almanac) Only oxygen is more important than water in sustaining life.\n\nThe body needs to remain sufficiently hydrated, otherwise all organs begin to shut down.\n\nFor more info, see:\n\nhttp://www.oxy.cc/
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Your blood keeps its pH range stable.
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1) Bi carbonate buffer system will contain HCO3- ion\n\nwhen a base is added it will liberate the H+ and produce water combining with OH- ion of the base there for reducing the effect of the base\n\nand when an acid is added it will accept the H+ ion and for H2CO3 therefor the effect of the acid will be nullified!!!\n\n2)phosphates are H2O4- or HPO42-\n\nand it will also have the functions as mentioned in the above!!\n\n3)proteins have an NH2 group and well as a COOH group both attached to the same molecule!!!\n\ntherefor when acid is added the NH2 group will neutralize it\n\nand when a base is added COOH group will neutralize it  reducing the alkalinity!\n\nthere for all these chemicals found in the blood and other body tissue will maintain the blood pH level at a constant level acting as natural buffers!!\n\nhope you understood!!!!!\n\ncheers!!
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Respiration removes carbon dioxide which, when in the body, forms carbonic acid in the blood. Too much carbonic acid and you will suffer from acidosis. In addition to keeping the blood at the correct pH, respiration supplies oxygen to the blood and tissues, such as muscle so that they too, can function correctly.\nSo, homeostasis is when all systems and fluids and tissues are "balanced", or in their correct working state. By removing carbon dioxide, respiration helps to keep the blood (and the body) in homeostasis.