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Pocket Watch Valves Prevent Backflow Veins Ensure Skeletal Muscle

Front What do pocket-watch valves do?
Back - prevent backflow in veins
- ensure skeletal muscle contractions force blood towards the heart (not away)

Tags: blood

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