Chemistry
How Buffer Solutions Resist pH Changes in Biological Systems
Quick fact
Blood uses the bicarbonate buffer system as its primary defense against pH shifts, but it only works effectively because the lungs and kidneys continuously remove the carbon dioxide and bicarbonate that the buffer produces or consumes.
Why this is interesting
Your blood stays at a near-constant pH of 7.4 even when you eat a lemon or run a sprint—how can it remain so stable?