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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