A person is experiencing severe heartburn. To compensate for their pain, they take 9 sodium bicarbonate-based antacids, which is more than triple the recommended dosage. Which of the following is NOT a way the body can compensate to react to the pH-related condition this overdose will produce?
A) The kidneys reabsorb hydrogen ions and decrease their secretion into the urine.
B) The respiratory centers will cause an increased breathing rate and depth to release CO₂.
C) Dihydrogen phosphate in the extracellular environments will dissociate to release H⁺ ions.
D) In the blood, amino acid chains of structures like hemoglobin will release H⁺ ions from -COOH and -NH₃⁺ groups.
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