Oil drainback: Do all the small and big blocks drain the oil back through the lifter valley?

This is a topic that I never thought of. Oil drainback. Look at the picture of the deck of an LA series:


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Here is a 440 block.

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All I can see in both blocks are coolant holes and head bolt holes. Does all the oil that makes it to the rocker gear drain back through the lifter valley?