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Anatomy & Physiology · Chapter 26
Acid-Base Control
The body defends its pH with
three systems
that act on very different timescales — from instant to days. Tap each line of defense.
Chemical buffers
Acid-base control
three lines of defense
The three systems
📷 Reference image
A real labeled figure to compare with the interactive above.
Acid-Base Control — OpenStax, CC BY 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
