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Date Submitted: 03/05/2015 06:58 AM
Activity 1
1. Describe the normal ranges for pH and carbon dioxide in the blood.
The normal ranges for pH are 7.35-7.45. Carbon dioxide measured in mmHg ranges from 38-52.
2. Describe what happened to the pH and the carbon dioxide levels with hyperventilation. How well did the results compare with your prediction?
The pH levels increased and the carbon dioxide levels decrease with hyperventilation. More carbon dioxide is being released which makes for a more basic pH.
3. Explain how returning to normal breathing after hyperventilation differed from hyperventilation without returning to normal breathing.
The breathing stopped to retain carbon dioxide when returning to normal breathing after hyperventilation. Hyperventilation without returning to normal breathing didn’t have this process. More carbon dioxide continued to be released.
4. Describe some possible causes of respiratory alkalosis.
Respiratory alkalosis indicates low levels of carbon dioxide in the blood due to breathing excessively. Breathing excessively could happen due to hyperventilating, anxiety, and lung disease.
Activity 3
1. Describe what happened to the concentration of ions in the urine when the carbon dioxide was lowered. How well did the results compare with your prediction?
When lowering the carbon dioxide to 30 the Hydrogen in urine decreased and the bicarbonate ions elevated. My prediction and the results were the same
2. What condition was simulated when the carbon dioxide was lowered?
Respiratory alkalosis caused by hyperventilation was caused when lowering carbon dioxide.
3. Describe what happened to the concentration of ions in the urine when the carbon dioxide was raised. How well did the results compare with your prediction?
When raising the carbon dioxide, hydrogen is elevated and bicarbonate was decreased. This matched my prediction before moving forward with the experiment.
4. What condition was simulated when the carbon dioxide was raised?
Respiratory...