Mitral valve

Mitral valve
One of the four valves of the heart, the mitral valve is situated between the left atrium and the left ventricle. It permits blood to flow one way: from the left atrium into the left ventricle The mitral valve has two flaps (cusps) and so is called “mitral” because it looks like a bishop’s miter or headdress. Also known as the bicuspid valve.

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mitral valve n 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

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a valve in the heart consisting of two flaps (cusps) attached to the walls at the opening between the left atrium and left ventricle. It allows blood to pass from the atrium to the ventricle, but prevents any backward flow.

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valva atrioventricularis sinistra.

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