What happens to the pH of the blood if you go to the top of a mountain?
Anyone know the answer which they can back up with biological reasoning? Thanks!
Anyone know the answer which they can back up with biological reasoning? Thanks!
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http://www.altitude.org/glossary.php
less CO2 in your blood stream...
less acidic...
more alkaline...
pH rises
"Respiratory Rate
This is the number of breaths you take in a minute. It increases at high altitude, because your body needs to breathe harder in order to take in more oxygen.".
"the partial pressure of CO2 is closely related to the actual number of molecules of CO2 present."
"Carbon dioxide is an acid gas, so when you lose carbon dioxide because of hyperventilation at high altitude, your blood becomes alkaline."
less CO2 in your blood stream...
less acidic...
more alkaline...
pH rises
"Respiratory Rate
This is the number of breaths you take in a minute. It increases at high altitude, because your body needs to breathe harder in order to take in more oxygen.".
"the partial pressure of CO2 is closely related to the actual number of molecules of CO2 present."
"Carbon dioxide is an acid gas, so when you lose carbon dioxide because of hyperventilation at high altitude, your blood becomes alkaline."