Multiple Choice
Which of the following is not a mechanism that facilitates return of venous blood to the heart?
A) Gravity, when veins are above the heart
B) Contraction of skeletal muscles
C) Breathing
D) Contraction of smooth muscle in most veins of the body
E) Valves in veins
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