This is because blood tends to move from high pressure to low pressure areas. At the same time, downward movement of the diaphragm causes pressure in the abdomen to rise, pushing venous blood back to the heart. The blood cannot flow backward because veins contain valves that only allow it to flow in one direction.
Victor P. Valmus is a partner with Moore Ingram Johnson & Steele, LLP. Vic received his B.S. from Kennesaw State University and his J.D. from University of Georgia School of Law, Order of the Coif, in 2001. His primary focus area is family law with his office located in Marietta.
Roger Nash Baldwin. Roger Nash Baldwin (January 21, 1884 â August 26, 1981) was one of the founders of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). He served as executive director of the ACLU until 1950. Many of the ACLU's original landmark cases took place under his direction, including the Scopes Trial, the Sacco and Vanzetti murder trial, and its challenge to the ban on James Joyce's Ulysses.