Properties of H2O and pH

According to the text, what is the ratio of HCO3- to H2CO3 at pH = 7.4?

What is the role of carbonic anhydrase in the red blood cell?

Why does blood pH increase with hyperventilation?

How does the body protect itself against acidity?

Why do cells die when the pH falls below 6.8?

What is the role of the kidney in modifying bicarbonate excretion?

What is the function of the bicarbonate buffer system?

What happens to H2CO3 in the lungs?

What is the role of carbonic anhydrase in the lungs?

What is the role of the lung in modifying CO2 removal?

Which of the following is NOT an unusual property of water?

What type of bonds are formed between water molecules?

What is the pH value of neutrality?

What is the dissociation constant of water?

What is the pH value of a solution with a [H+] concentration of 10-4 M?

What is the pH range for cell survival?

Which of the following is an example of a strong acid?

What is the role of an acid in a solution?

What is the role of the solvent in a solution?

What is the solubility of hydrophobic substances in water?

Which of the following is true about the Henderson-Hasselbalch equation?

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a buffer?

At a pH of 3.74 for acetic acid, what is the ratio of salt to acid?

Which of the following is true about the bicarbonate-carbonic acid buffer system?

What is the pKa of the phosphate buffer system?

Which of the following is NOT a physiological buffer system?

What is the pH range that the phosphate buffer system buffers best?

What is the role of carbonic anhydrase in the bicarbonate-carbonic acid buffer system?

What is the pH range of the blood maintained by the body?

What is the concentration of bicarbonate in the extracellular fluid?

Which of the following is true about the properties of water?

What is the pH of a solution with a hydrogen ion concentration of $10^{-6}$ M?

What is the dissociation constant ($K_w$) of water?

What is the pH of a neutral solution?

What is the pH range for cell survival?

Which of the following is an example of a strong acid?

What is the strength of a hydrogen bond compared to a covalent bond?

Which of the following is true about the solubility of hydrophobic substances?

How many hydrogen bonds can each water molecule form with other water molecules?

What is the range of pH values shown in the graph?

According to the Henderson-Hasselbalch equation, what is the pH of a solution containing 0.01M acetic acid and 0.001M acetate ion?

At a pH of 3.74 for acetic acid, what is the ratio of salt/acid?

What is the pH range at which phosphate buffers best?

Which buffer system is the most effective extracellular buffer?

What is the role of carbonic anhydrase in the bicarbonate-carbonic acid buffer system?

What is the pKa value of the bicarbonate-carbonic acid buffer system?

What is the concentration of bicarbonate ions in the extracellular fluid?

Which buffer system is present inside cells?

What is the pH range at which the phosphate buffer system buffers best?

What is the role of hemoglobin in buffering pH?