A decrease in O2 level in skeletal muscle would initiate an autoregulatory mechanism that would stimulate _________ in the arterioles supplying the muscle.

A. vasodilation
B. vasoconstriction
C. constriction of the precapillary sphincters
D. peristaltic waves


Answer: A. vasodilation

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