The vena cava is the major vein that returns blood from the lower half of the body to the heart.
Leg muscles pump the veins to return blood to the heart, against the effects of gravity.
Then, the vessels begin to collect together into larger and larger veins, which return blood to the heart.
The skeletal-muscle pump assists in returning blood to the heart and maintaining cardiac output.
But I cannot return flesh and blood to the area.
Veins serve to return blood from organs to the heart.
Exercise helps the leg veins work against gravity to return blood to the heart.
Instruction in ankle pumping helps to return blood in the legs to the systemic circulation.
The rush of returning blood stained his cheeks crimson, stark as stigmata.
Then returning blood seemed to dip her hands in fire for a few minutes.