Name: Natalia Sternik

Exercise 10: Acid-Base Balance: Activity 1: Hyperventilation Lab Report

Pre-lab Quiz Results

You scored 100% by answering 4 out of 4 questions correctly.

1. The fastest compensatory mechanism for maintaining pH homeostasis in the human body is
You correctly answered: c. the chemical buffering system.

2. An increase in hydrogen ion concentration would

You correctly answered: d. decrease pH.

3. The amount of carbon dioxide in the blood is measured in

You correctly answered: b. mm Hg.

4. The reaction of water and carbon dioxide is catalyzed by

You correctly answered: a. carbonic anhydrase.

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Experiment Results
Predict Question:
Predict Question: What do you think will happen to the pH and PCO2 levels with hyperventilation?
Your answer : c. pH will increase and PCO2 will decrease.

Stop & Think Questions:

Were the pH and PCO2 in the normal range?
You correctly answered: c. Both pH and PCO2 were in the normal range.

What was the effect of returning to normal breathing after hyperventilation?

You correctly answered: b. The breathing stopped temporarily to retain carbon dioxide.

Experiment Data:

Condition Min PCO2 Max PCO2 Min pH Max pH

Normal 40 40 7.41 7.41
Hyperventilation 19.7 40 7.4 7.67
Hyperventilation / Normal 30.62 40 7.38 7.53

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Post-lab Quiz Results
You scored 100% by answering 4 out of 4 questions correctly.

1. Hyperventilation results in
You correctly answered: b. respiratory alkalosis.

2. With hyperventilation, the higher peaks on the tracing indicate

You correctly answered: a. a larger volume of air.

3. Which of the following is not a potential cause of respiratory alkalosis?

You correctly answered: d. emphysema

4. The kidneys can compensate for respiratory alkalosis by

You correctly answered: b. retaining H+ and excreting bicarbonate ion.

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Review Sheet Results
1. Describe the normal ranges for pH and carbon dioxide in the blood.
Your answer:
pH 7,35 - 7,45
PCO2 35 - 44 mmHg

2. Describe what happened to the pH and the carbon dioxide level with hyperventilation. How well did the results compare
with your prediction?
Your answer:
Zgodnie z moimi oczekiwaniami pH sie zwiekszylo, a cisnienie parcjalne CO2 zmniejszylo.

3. Explain how returning to normal breathing after hyperventilation differed from hyperventilation without returning to
normal breathing.
Your answer:
Po powrocie do normalnego oddychania po hiperwentylacji nastapilo chwilowe wsztymanie oddechu, aby
zrekompensowac niedobór CO2.

4. Describe some possible causes of respiratory alkalosis.

Your answer:
Atak panikii, przebywanie na duzej wysokosci, gdzie zawartosc tlenu w powietrzu jest mniejsza niz normalnie, stres.

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