Acid-Base+Homeostasis

Objectives

 * Describe how buffers function in the blood, urine, and intracellular spaces
 * Demonstarte proficiency with pH/H+ relationships and the Henderson-Hesselbach equation
 * List the sources of carbonic acid and other acids
 * Recognize the role of lungs in ridding the body of CO2
 * Describe renal acid handling
 * Describe the interrelationship of potassium and acid-base disturbances
 * Memorize the various primary acid-base disorders
 * Differentiate between compensated and uncompensated acid-base disorders
 * Become proficient in calculating the anion gap
 * Know wwhen complicated, or mixed, acid-base disorders are likely to occur