What is the buffer in human blood and how does it work?

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Im looking for the name of the major buffer in human blood and how exactly it works.

Answer 1

Its called the carbonic acid- bicarbonate buffer system, it basically equalizes the pH of your blood, and neutralizes the pH of chyme from the stomach entering the small intestine.
A buffer system is a mixture of a weak acid and its conjugate base and it works based on Le Chatelier's principle
You can read about how the carbonic acid- bicarbonate buffer system works here:
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/biology/bio4fv/page/bicarbo.htm
And about how buffers work in general here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffer_solution

Answer 2

Blood As A Buffer

Answer 3

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What is the buffer in human blood and how does it work?
Im looking for the name of the major buffer in human blood and how exactly it works.

Answer 4

plasma with all the salts that you consume forms the buffer
for best absorption of oxygen the red blood cells must be in a solution of pH around 7.6 to 7.7 the buffer maintains this pH
as it is a solution of a weak base in stronger acid salts like chlorides and nitrates

Answer 5

I think you may be referring to plasma. It is the part of the blood that carries all the different blood cells...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood

I also had no idea that blood was considered a "connective tissue"! Cool.

Answer 6

i agree with matahari

Answer 7

my guess is plasma/lymph capillaries

Answer 8

IT IS PLASMA