High levels of acid in blood are toxic to cells. Acidic blood or acidosis is toxic to your cells and can reduce their abilities to function properly. When your cells are impaired, they have a hard time fighting bacterias and virus. In addition, they carry less oxygen and cannot effectively utilize nutrients.
Fertilization of the egg by the sperm restores the diploid number of 46 chromosomes. We have 46 chromosomes that, if you lined them up by size and shape (karyotyped them), are actually 23 pairs of chromosomes - one was originally from mom and the other from dear 'ol dad.
Summary: At the end of meiosis, 4 daughter cells are formed = eggs or sperm. Each contains half as many chromosomes as the parent cell (n); each cell is genetically different from its parents and from its siblings. Fertilization of an egg by a sperm restores the chromosome number to 2n. All cells in a higher eukaryote (like us) are diploid Â­ EXCEPT ...for the germ cells Â­ eggs and sperm. 2  Germ cells have only half the number of chromosomes as a diploid cell Â­ one of each pair-and are termed haploid (n) . 3  In a human egg or sperm, there are 23 chromosomes, one of which is an X or Y.