Buffers may be defined as the solution of a weak acid with ithe conjugate base or a weak base with the conjugate acid. Buffers are not affected by the the additions of strong acid or base in a solution.
Whenever a strong base or acid is added to the buffer, it may release or binds with the hydrogen ion and maintains the pH of a body fluid. Blood has a buffer of carbonate ions and bicarbonic acids that maintains the blood pH.
Many components of the cell eventually wear out and need to be broken down and the parts recycled. This activity takes place inside the cell in specialized compartments called lysosomes.
The <u>nuclear envelope</u> is composed of two concentric lipid bilayer membranes separated by an intermembrane space of about 20-40 nm. The outer membrane is continuous in many places with the rough endoplasmic reticulum. Like the rough ER the outer membrane of the nuclear envelope is dotted with ribosomes.
