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What is the function of heart valves in the left ventricle?
What is the function of heart valves in the left ventricle?
To act as one-way inlets for blood coming from atria into the ventricle and one-way outlets for blood leaving from the ventricle into systemic or pulmonary circulation.
What are heart valves composed of?
What are heart valves composed of?
Connective tissue and endocardium.
How many leaflets (cusps) do the valves incorporate around the atrioventricular orifices and the roots of great vessels?
How many leaflets (cusps) do the valves incorporate around the atrioventricular orifices and the roots of great vessels?
Two or three leaflets (cusps).
Where are atrioventricular valves located?
Where are atrioventricular valves located?
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What sound is produced when the atrioventricular valves close during ventricular contraction?
What sound is produced when the atrioventricular valves close during ventricular contraction?
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