Health Care
Medical Terminology
•Define an acid, base, and salt as they apply to chemistry.
•State three examples each of acids, bases, and salts commonly used in therapeutic processes.
•From the examples you state, select one acid, one base, and one salt and describe specifically how and where they
are used in therapeutic processes.
Using the Internet, research on buffered aspirin.
On the basis of your research, respond to the following:
•Define a buffer and explain how a buffer works.
•Analyze and explain the buffer system in buffered aspirin (carboxylic acid).