Exercise 10: Acid-Base Balance: Activity 2: Rebreathing Lab Report

Pre-lab Quiz Results

You scored 100% by answering 4 out of 4 questions correctly.

1. In cases of acidosis, the pH of the blood is

You correctly answered: c. less than 7.35.

2. Carbon dioxide and water form

You correctly answered: a. carbonic acid (a weak acid).

3. Which of the following is true of respiratory acidosis?

You correctly answered: c. The amount of carbon dioxide in the blood is greater than normal.

4. Rebreathing
You correctly answered: b. is exemplified by breathing into a paper bag.

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Experiment Results
Predict Question:
Predict Question: What do you think will happen to the pH and PCO2 levels during rebreathing?
Your answer : b. pH will decrease and PCO2 will increase.

Stop & Think Questions:

Which of the following can cause respiratory acidosis?
You correctly answered: c. airway obstruction

Experiment Data:

Condition Min PCO2 Max PCO2 Min pH Max pH

Normal 40 40 7.42 7.42
Rebreathing 40 54.88 7.22 7.42

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

1. Rebreathing simulates
You correctly answered: a. hypoventilation and respiratory acidosis.

2. Hypoventilation results in
You correctly answered: c. an accumulation of carbon dioxide in the blood.

3. The renal system can compensate for respiratory acidosis by

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

4. Respiratory acidosis can be caused by all of the following except

You correctly answered: d. an anxiety attack.

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Review Sheet Results
1. Describe what happened to the pH and the carbon dioxide levels during rebreathing. How well did the results compare
with your prediction?
Your answer:
La concentracion de Pco2 aumenta , el equlibrio cambia , los niveles de H+ aumentan y el valor de pH sanguineo
disminuye

2. Describe some possible causes of respiratory acidosis.

Your answer:
Obstruccion de las vias respiratorias , depresion del centro respiratorio en el tallo cerebral , enferemedades pulmonares y
sobredosis de farmacos

3. Explain how the renal system would compensate for respiratory acidosis.
Your answer:
El sistema renal excreta H+ y retiene iones de bicarbonato

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