"OUCH!! My muscles are really sore! I've been exercising at such a frantic rate that . . ." 

A. my muscle cells have shifted into anaerobic metabolism and I'm making lactic acid that causes them to ache.
B. I'm producing lactic acid that, once I slow down, will make its way back to my liver where it will be converted back into glucose.
C. I need to get more O2 to my muscle cells.
D. All of these choices are true.


D. All of these choices are true.

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