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Right atrioventricular valve

right atrioventricular valve --> tricuspid valve

(Science: anatomy) This heart valve, named for its three cusps (leaflets), divides the right atrium and the right ventricle.

When the right atrium contracts blood flows through the tricuspid valve into the right ventricle. On closure, the tricuspid prohibits the backflow of blood into the right atrium.


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Arteries and Veins

yea bicuspidal valve and mitral valve refer to the same valve :) :D these valves are also called atrioventricular valves or the auricloventricular valves{atrium=auricle} ... valve or the auricloventricular valve and similarly the right actually theres a hint provided for remembering which's ...

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by vinaya
Fri Oct 07, 2005 3:43 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Arteries and Veins
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