In the legs the veins constantly have to
fight against the force of gravity.
These valves have an extremely important role to play inside the legs, since they have to constantly
fight against the force of gravity to push the blood back towards the heart.
The compression stockings help the veins
fight against the force of gravity where it is strongest, and the veins are most prone to loosening up.
Not exact matches
When such a star runs out
of fuel, there is no longer enough heat and energy to
fight back
against the
force of their own
gravity.
The property results from the way they form: When a giant star runs out
of fuel and can no longer
fight against the crushing
force of its
gravity, its core shrinks to the size
of an asteroid, and most
of its mass is blasted away in a titanic explosion called a supernova.