When exercise is intense, lactic acid accumulates in muscles, resulting in an oxygen debt. Which statement describes a stage in the removal of the oxygen debt during recovery?
- AAnaerobic respiration breaks down lactic acid in the muscles.
- BAerobic respiration breaks down lactic acid in the muscles.
- CAnaerobic respiration breaks down lactic acid in the liver.
- DAerobic respiration breaks down lactic acid in the liver.