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Exercise 10: Acid-Base Balance: Activity 1: Hyperventilation Lab Report
Pre-lab Quiz Results
You scored 100% by answering 4 out of 4 questions correctly.
1. The fastest compensatory mechanism for maintaining pH homeostasis in the human body is
You correctly answered: c. the chemical buffering system.
2. An increase in hydrogen ion concentration would
You correctly answered: d. decrease pH.
3. The amount of carbon dioxide in the blood is measured in
You correctly answered: b. mm Hg.
4. The reaction of water and carbon dioxide is catalyzed by
You correctly answered: a. carbonic anhydrase.
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Experiment Results
Predict Question:
Predict Question: What do you think will happen to the pH and PCO2 levels with hyperventilation?
Your answer : c. pH will increase and PCO2 will decrease.
Stop & Think Questions:
Were the pH and PCO2 in the normal range?
You correctly answered: c. Both pH and PCO2 were in the normal range.
What was the effect of returning to normal breathing after hyperventilation?
You correctly answered: b. The breathing stopped temporarily to retain carbon dioxide.
Experiment Data:
Condition
Normal
Hyperventilation
Hyperventilation / Normal
Min PCO2
40
1000
35.3
Max PCO2
40
40
40
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Min pH
7.41
1000
7.38
Max pH
7.41
7.69
7.47
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2. Describe what happened to the pH and the carbon dioxide level with hyperventilation. How well did the results compare
with your prediction?
Your answer:
pH increased and P co2 decreased as predicted.
3. Explain how returning to normal breathing after hyperventilation differed from hyperventilation without returning to
normal breathing.
Your answer:
When there is a return to normal breathing after hyperventilating, there is a brief period of about 10 seconds, where the
breath is held in order to retain some CO2.
4. Describe some possible causes of respiratory alkalosis.
Your answer:
Inceasing of respiration, for example by stimulation of respiratory center followed by diseases.
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