How Would the Body Compensate for Metabolic Acidosis

question 20

Multiple Choice

How would the body compensate for metabolic acidosis?

• A)Increased kidney excretion of bicarbonate
• B)Increased ventilation of carbon dioxide
• C)Decreased kidney excretion of bicarbonate
• D)Decreased ventilation of carbon dioxide

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Definitions:

Stimulus Generalization

The process by which a response originally elicited by a specific stimulus is elicited by similar stimuli.

Spontaneous Recovery

The reappearance of a previously extinguished response after a period of no exposure to the conditioned stimulus.

Instinctive Drift

The phenomenon whereby an animal's learned behavior reverts to its natural instincts over time, often interfering with conditioned response training.

Stimulus Discrimination

The learned ability to differentiate between similar stimuli based on their associations with different outcomes.