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1. What two organs in the body serve as a compensatory function to maintain acid base balance?
2. What is respiratory acidosis?
3. What is respiratory alkalosis?
4. What is metabolic acidosis?
5. What is metabolic alkalosis?
6. Arterial blood gas (ABG) measurement will give the information needed to determine if the primary disturbance of acid-base balance is respiratory or metabolic in nature.
7. The major effect of acidosis is overexcitement of the central nervous system.
8. Alkalosis is characterized by overexcitement of the nervous system.
9. The human body functions optimally in a state of homeostasis.
10. Acids have no hydrogen ions and are able to bind in a solution.
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