ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -The mitral valve is also called the bicuspid valve and the left atrioventricular valve.

Detailed explanation-2: -The bicuspid valve is also called as the mitral valve. In humans, the bicuspid valve is one of four valves inside the heart. It permits blood to flow one way only, from the left atrium into the left ventricle. This valve has two flaps.

Detailed explanation-3: -The mitral valve is also called the bicuspid valve because it contains two leaflets or cusps.

Detailed explanation-4: -… opening is guarded by the mitral, or bicuspid, valve, so named because it consists of two flaps. The mitral valve is attached in the same manner as the tricuspid, but it is stronger and thicker because the left ventricle is by nature a more powerful pump working under high pressure.

Detailed explanation-5: -The right atrioventricular valve has three cusps, and is therefore called the tricuspid valve, while the left atrioventricular valve has two cusps, and is known as the bicuspid or mitral valve-mitral because it is said to resemble a bishops mitre.