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For the bicarbonate buffer system described in Question 13.113, what is expected to happ...

For the bicarbonate buffer system described in Question 13.113, what is expected to happen to the blood pH during a panic attack in which more CO2 than normal is released by the body? Describe what happens in terms of Le Chatelier’s principle.

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The bicarbonate buffer system operates in the body’s extracellular fluid by the following process:

What is expected to happen to the blood pH if the lungs are unable to expel CO2 at the same rate as the body produces it? Describe what happens in terms of Le Chatelier’s principle.

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