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atrioventricular valve
noun(atrioventricular valve)
a valve between an atrium and ventricle of the heart : auriculoventricular valve:
atrioventricular valve
noun(atrioventricular valve)
mitral valve
atrioventricular valve
noun(atrioventricular valve)
tricuspid valve
atrioventricular valve
noun(atrioventricular valve)
mitral valve
atrioventricular valve
noun(atrioventricular valve)
a valve in the heart that guards the opening between the left atrium and the left ventricle, prevents the blood in the ventricle from returning to the atrium, and consists of two triangular flaps attached at their bases to the fibrous ring which surrounds the opening and connected at their margins with the ventricular walls by the chordae tendineae and papillary muscles —called also bicuspid valve, left atrioventricular valve
atrioventricular valve
noun(atrioventricular valve)
tricuspid valve
atrioventricular valve
noun(atrioventricular valve)
a valve that is situated at the opening of the right atrium of the heart into the right ventricle and that resembles the mitral valve in structure but consists of three triangular membranous flaps —called also right atrioventricular valve

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