Buffering systems

Buffering systems of the human body are essential for maintaining homeostasis. Maintaining a constant pH of extracellular and intracellular fluids is also an essential part of homeostasis. The pH of extracellular fluids is physiologically in the range of 7.4 ± 0.04.

Types of buffer systems

 * 1) Bicarbonate system.
 * 2) Phosphate system.
 * 3) Hemoglobin system.
 * 4) Protein system.

Related articles

 * Buffers
 * Acid-base balance
 * pH of the environment
 * Mechanisms of maintaining acid-base balance

Used literature

 * KITTNAR, Otomar, et al. Lékařská fyziologie. 1. vydání. Praha : Grada, 2011. 790 s. ISBN 978-80-247-3068-4.