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cardiac valve
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  cardiac valve - a valve to control one-way flow of bloodheart valveticker, heart, pump - the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body; "he stood still, his heart thumping wildly"leaflet, cusp - a thin triangular flap of a heart valveatrioventricular valve - either of two heart valves through which blood flows from the atria to the ventricles; prevents return of blood to the atriumsemilunar valve - a heart valve with cusps shaped like half-moons; prevents blood from flowing back into the heartvalve - a structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it |
cardiac valve
cardiac valve[′kärd·ē‚ak ′valv] (anatomy) Any of the structures located within the orifices of the heart that maintain unidirectional blood flow. cardiac valve
 CARDIAC VALVES: with ventricles relapsedcardiac valveAny of the four valves that prevent the backflow of blood as it passes into, through, and out of the heart. In order of the entry of the venous blood into the right atrium, they are the tricuspid, pulmonary, mitral, and aortic. See: illustrationSee also: valvecardiac valve
Related to cardiac valve: Heart valvesSynonyms for cardiac valvenoun a valve to control one-way flow of bloodSynonymsRelated Words- ticker
- heart
- pump
- leaflet
- cusp
- atrioventricular valve
- semilunar valve
- valve
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