| NOUN | body | cardiac valve, heart valve | a valve to control one-way flow of blood |
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| Meaning | A valve to control one-way flow of blood. | |
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| Synonym | heart valve | |
| Part of | heart, pump, ticker | The hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs |
| Parts | cusp, leaflet | A thin triangular flap of a heart valve |
| Narrower | atrioventricular valve | Either of two heart valves through which blood flows from the atria to the ventricles |
| semilunar valve | A heart valve with cusps shaped like half-moons | |
| Broader | valve | A structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it |
| Spanish | válvula del corazón | |
| Catalan | vàlvula del cor | |
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