During vigorous exercise, which mechanism ensures sufficient muscle oxygenation, overriding local blood pressure?

💡 Explanation

Local metabolic demand increases adenosine, triggering metabolic vasodilation; this reduces vascular resistance and floods muscles with oxygen because this overrides typical pressure gradients, rather than baroreceptor reflexes adapting systemically.

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