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Skeletal muscles force blood in veins to return to the heart.

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The skeletal muscle pump, which is triggered by the contraction of your muscles, helps to push blood traveling through the veins back to the heart. Since blood pressure in the veins is lower than arteries and veins are generally traveling against gravity, the skeletal muscle pump is crucial in circulation.

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Blood cells are produced in the long bones (ie... femur) and in the Pelvic bone due to the release of erythropoietin which is a hormone produced by the kidney that promotes the formation of red blood/white blood cells and platlets in the bone marrow.

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