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Okay, so for this question, we are going to be discussing buffers a little bit, specifically a buffer system that we possess in the human body.
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So before we begin, notice that i've drawn out this little diagram before, which we will jump into quickly, but before we do that, let's just quickly define what a buffer is.
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Just a little working definition to make this question have a lot more context and better understanding with the, the mechanism you're looking at below so buffers allow us to absorb excess all us to absorb excess h plus and oh h minus and these are commonly referred to as a hydronium ion or hydrogen that is also fine and then hydroxide so this would be hydronium ion or hydrogen.
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This would be hydroxide.
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That's how we would read them.
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And these relate to increases or decreases in ph.
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So increases in acidity or decreases in acidity.
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So the absorbed excess amounts of these in order to regulate ph, to maintain some sort of homeostasis, especially in the human body or equilibrium.
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So regulate ph.
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And the system we're looking at, this is called the bicarbonate system in the body.
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And the way it works is it will either form an acid or dissociate to regulate ph based on excess hydrogen or hydrogen or hydrogenium ion and hydroxide ions that are in or hydroxide that's introduced into the body...