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trapecia [35]
3 years ago
13

After drinking a great deal of coffee (pH 5), a human's blood buffering system would need to ________ as the coffee was digested

to lower the level of acid present in the blood stream.
Biology
1 answer:
spayn [35]3 years ago
3 0

Answer:

Hydrogen ion(H+)

Explanation

The human blood has carbonic acid and bicarbonate anion as buffer to maintain the blood pH between 7.35 and 7.45. A virtual value higher than 7.8 and 6.8 can lead to death.

Taking coffee which has a low pH will lower the pH of the blood. In order to raise the pH back to normal and lower the level of acid present in the system. The human buffering system will to take up Hydrogen ion.

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