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Acid-Base Physiological Buffers

- work best when within +/-1 pH unit of pKa

- more [buffer] more better

Ex. carbon dioxide-bicarb system = major regulator of blood pH

CO2+H2O--> H2CO3--> HCO3- + H+

Ex. phosphate system in cytosol

Acid/Base Buffers