Predict what might happen to peripheral resistance in arterioles supplying skeletal muscle when pH levels drop.

A. Vasoconstriction in vessels supplying skeletal muscle
B. Vasodilation in vessels supplying digestive viscera
C. Vasodilation in vessels supplying skeletal muscle
D. No change in the skeletal muscle vessels


Answer: C. Vasodilation in vessels supplying skeletal muscle

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