HyperDic: tricuspid_valve

English > 1 sense of the expression tricuspid valve:
NOUNbodytricuspid valve, right atrioventricular valvevalve with three cusps
English > tricuspid valve: 1 sense > noun 1, body
Meaningvalve with three cusps; situated between the right atrium and the right ventricle; allows blood to pass from atrium to ventricle and closes to prevent backflow when the ventricle contracts.
Synonymright atrioventricular valve
Broaderatrioventricular valveEither of two heart valves through which blood flows from the atria to the ventricles
Spanishválvula tricúspide, vávula iricúspide
Catalanvàlvula tricúspide

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