What provides the shortest-term mechanism for preventing acid-base imbalances in the body? The longest-term mechanism?
What will be an ideal response?
Chemical buffers act within a fraction of a second to resist a pH change. The longest-term mechanism is the kidney system, which ordinarily requires from several hours to a day or more to effect changes in blood pH.
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