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 Min PCO2 Max PCO2 Min pH Max pH

Normal 40 40 7.38 7.38
Hyperventilation 19.7 40 7.4 7.69
Hyperventilation / Normal 35.3 40 7.38 7.45

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Post-lab Quiz Results
You scored 100% by answering 4 out of 4 questions correctly.

1. Hyperventilation results in
You correctly answered: b. respiratory alkalosis.

2. With hyperventilation, the higher peaks on the tracing indicate

You correctly answered: a. a larger volume of air.

3. Which of the following is not a potential cause of respiratory alkalosis?

You correctly answered: d. emphysema

4. The kidneys can compensate for respiratory alkalosis by

You correctly answered: b. retaining H+ and excreting bicarbonate ion.

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Review Sheet Results
1. Describe the normal ranges for pH and carbon dioxide in the blood.
Your answer:
Los valores normales de Ph en la sangre son entre 7.35 y 7.45 y el rango normal del CO2 en sangre está entre 35 mmHg y
45 mmHg.

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:
En el experimento podemos observar que el Ph ha sufrido un incremento, vemos como en una situación normal, el Ph es
de 7.38. mientras que en la hiperventilación es de 7.69.

3. Explain how returning to normal breathing after hyperventilation differed from hyperventilation without returning to
normal breathing.
Your answer:
Cuando se vueleve a una respiracion normal después de un período de hiperventilación, existe un tiempo en el que la
respiración se retiene para así poder aumentar la cantidad de CO2.

4. Describe some possible causes of respiratory alkalosis.

Your answer:
- Hiperventilación: producida por una ventilación pulmonar excesiva, exitación, ansiedad, hiperventilación voluntaria.
- Cuando se produce una disminución de la presión del dióxido de carbono por debajo de 7.35, un aumento del Ph por
encima de 7.45 y una disminución de HCO3.

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