Which of the following factors aids venous return to the heart?
a. Sympathetic stimulation of capillaries
b. Skeletal muscle pump squeezing blood through veins
c. Respiratory pump providing a pressure gradient between the lower and chest veins
d. Both a and b
e. Both b and c
E
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