georgechah1
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haemoglobin buffers hydrogen ions when it is too concerntrated in the blood.....what does that mean...
A buffer is something that keeps the concentration of (say) H+ ions constant. For example if the [H+] gets too high the pH drops and the blood gets too acidic. A buffer stops this from happening.georgechah1 said:haemoglobin buffers hydrogen ions when it is too concerntrated in the blood.....what does that mean...
oh yeah..whoops, haemoglobin does carry the CO2Dr_Doom said:Well haemoglobin has to carry the carbon dioxide, so it could determine how much is to be filtered out of the kidney.
memo to self: redo entire maintaining a balance topic by tomorrow morningDr_Doom said:and the kidneys as bicarbonate ions![]()