Multiple Choice
When an individual's serum pH begins to fall below 7.35, the mechanism that responds instantaneously to return the serum pH to normal level is
A) ammonia gas combining with H+.
B) excretion of acid by the lungs.
C) plasma bicarbonate buffering the acid.
D) secretion of hydrogen ions (H+) by the kidneys.
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