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the common canal connecting the primordial atrium and ventricle; it sometimes persists as a congenital anomaly as a result of failure of closure of the gap between the interatrial and interventricular septa due to arrest in development of the endocardial cushions.Medical dictionary. 2011.
Atrioventricular septal defect — Classification and external resources ICD 10 Q21.2 ICD 9 745.6 … Wikipedia
Canal Atrio-ventriculaire — Pour les articles homonymes, voir CAV. Cœur normal Le canal atrio ventriculaire (CAV) est une malformation cardiaque complexe qui touche la p … Wikipédia en Français
Canal atrio-ventriculaire — Pour les articles homonymes, voir CAV. Cœur normal Le canal atrio ventriculaire (CAV) est une malformation cardiaque complexe qui touche la partie basse du septum inter auriculaire, la partie haute du septum interv … Wikipédia en Français
common atrioventricular canal — atrioventricularis communis … Medical dictionary
persistent common atrioventricular canal — atrioventricularis communis … Medical dictionary
canal — A duct or channel; a tubular structure. SEE ALSO: c., duct. SYN: canalis [TA]. [L. canalis] abdominal c. SYN: inguinal c.. accessory c. a channel leading from the root … Medical dictionary
Atrial canal — Infobox Embryology Name = Atrial canal Latin = GraySubject = 135 GrayPage = 508 Caption = Dorsal surface of heart of human embryo of thirty five days. (Atrial canal visible at center.) Caption2 = System = CarnegieStage = Days = Precursor =… … Wikipedia
Septum — A word borrowed from the Latin "saeptum" meaning a "dividing wall or enclosure." * * * 1. [TA] A thin wall dividing two cavities or masses of softer tissue. See septal area, transparent s.. 2. In fungi, a wall; usually a cross … Medical dictionary
cushion — In anatomy, any structure resembling a pad or c.. anal cushions vascular prominences formed by clusters of normally sacculated veins of the superior rectal venous plexus, fed by arteriovenous anastomoses that cause their … Medical dictionary
defect — An imperfection, malformation, dysfunction, or absence; an attribute of quality, in contrast with deficiency, which is an attribute of quantity. [L. deficio, pp. fectus, to fail, to lack] aortic septal d., aorticopulmonary septal d. a small… … Medical dictionary
