Name a place in the human body that is particularly acidic. Where are fluids close to neutrality? Where are fluids in the human body particularly basic?

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The stomach produces hydrochloric acid, so the contents of your stomach are quite acidic. However, the pH of your blood and the cytoplasm of your cells are close to neutrality. There is no place in the human body in which the fluids are overly basic (alkaline).

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