Group · Cardiovascular system
Right atrioventricular valve
Valva atrioventricularis dextra
- System
- Cardiovascular system
- Regions
- Trunk
- Part of
- Valvular complex of heart
DescriptionUnreviewed
The tricuspid valve, or right atrioventricular valve, is on the right dorsal side of the mammalian heart, at the superior portion of the right ventricle.
The function of the valve is to prevent back flow (regurgitation) of blood from the right ventricle into the right atrium during right ventricular contraction: systole.
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Parts
Names
- Latin
- Valva atrioventricularis dextra
- English
- Right atrioventricular valve
- French
- Valve atrioventriculaire droite/ Valve tricuspide
- Spanish
- Valva atrioventricular derecha
- Portuguese
- Valva tricúspide