cuspis posterior valvae atrioventricularis sinistrae

cuspis posterior valvae atrioventricularis sinistrae
[TA] posterior cusp of mitral valve: the posterior of the two cusps of the mitral valve (valva atrioventricularis sinistra); the term is sometimes used to denote the entire three-scalloped region posterior to the anterior cusp of the mitral valve but at other times is restricted to the central scallop, with the two outer scallops called the cuspides commissurales. See illustration at cusp.

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