Abstract
No further comment is necessary to W Harvey’s classic statement that the main function of venous valves is to maintain the direction of the bloodflow to the heart. For that reason the number of valves increases distally so that retrograde waves of blood may be stopped.
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Gottlob, R., May, R. (1986). Functions of Venous Valves. In: Venous Valves. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-8827-9_5
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