Varicose veins. For other uses, see Varices. Varicose veins are veins that have become enlarged and twisted. The term commonly refers to the veins on the leg, although varicose veins can occur elsewhere. Veins have pairs of leaflet valves to prevent blood from flowing backwards (retrograde flow or venous reflux).
Sand Lake, Michigan. Sand Lake is a general law village in Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 500 at the 2010 census.
Bear Lake (Figure 1) is located in western Manistee County, within the northwestern Lower Peninsula of Michigan. The town of Bear Lake lies on the southern shore of the lake.Bear Lake is a natural lake, having been formed during the Wisconsinan glacial stage (10,000 to 75,000 years ago).The Bear Lake watershed encompasses about 7,543 acres within the Manistee River watershed of Lake Michigan.he other is on the southeastern shore of the lake, and is owned by the Village of Bear Lake. The lake receives a good deal of recreational boating and personal watercraft traffic in addition to the boating pressure it gets from anglers.