1. Acid Production
When it produces HCl for your stomach it does so in two separate parts. It produces hydrogen ions in the cell using an enzyme then it releases that ion into the lumen of the stomach via a channel and gradient. Cl ions then meet the H ion there as they are carried there through the cell from the bloodstream. Once them meet stomach acid is formed.
2. Bile Use
Bile is essentially the waste products of your body such as used up red blood cells and other useless stuff processed by your liver. Of course your body knows that the stuff is still a great emulsifying agent so it releases it as bile at the start of the small intestine. This helps to digest the fats that you eat in a more efficient manner.
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3. Blood Is A Tissue
That’s right, blood is a tissue and not just another red fluid. This is because it preforms a function which in this situation is moving nutrients and oxygen around the body. Its fluid nature is because it is mostly made of plasma. Due to this the fluid nature allows nutrients and oxygen to flow efficiently through the body.
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4. Breathing is Controlled by Acidity
The rate of human respiration is controlled by blood pH. This is because as oxygen is used carbon dioxide is produced and stays in the bloodstream in the form of carbonic acid. As the body’s enzymes only function at a certain pH a sharp increase is quickly reduced by removing carbonic acid in the form of carbon dioxide through ventilation.
5. Hemoglobin Can Carry Multiple Oxygen Molecules
Hemoglobin, that is red blood cells can carry up to four oxygen molecules at the same time. The addition of an oxygen molecule make it easier for the hemoglobing to carry another. The same goes when hemoglobin releases an oxygen molecule. This process make transporting oxygen throughout an organism as effective as possible.
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