How does carbonic acid bicarbonate buffering system protect the blood against increases in acidity or decreases in acidity?
from the lungs. On a longer time scale, ion levels are maintained by the kidneys and digestive system. In some ways a high pH (insufficient H+) is harder to correct for. While changing the rate of respiration will alter pH, stopping breathing to bring down pH also decreases the availability of oxygen.
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