Something that restrains, blocks, or suppresses. The conscious or unconscious restraint of a behavioral process, a desire, or an impulse. Any of a variety of processes that are associated with the gradual attenuation, masking, and extinction of a previously conditioned response. The condition in which or the process by which a reaction is inhibited. The condition in which or the process by which an enzyme is inhibited.
Body fluids are primarily water and electrolytes. Electrolytes are ions comprised of 4 minerals that include Sodium, (Na) Potassium, (K), Magnesium (Mg), and Calcium (Ca). An ion is the disassociated part of a molecule like salt, (sodium chloride).
Describe how the body uses its ions to help maintain acid-base balance. Electrolyte mixtures in the body fluids protect the body against changes in acidity by acting as buffers- substances that can accommodate excess acids or bases.