MEDICAL
HEART AND PERICARDIUM
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Question
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Another name for the mitral valve
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Tricuspid
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Pulmonary
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Bicuspid
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Aortic
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The mitral valve is also called the bicuspid valve and the left atrioventricular valve.
Detailed explanation-2: -A bicuspid aortic valve has two flaps, called cusps, instead of three. It can cause the valve opening to become narrowed or blocked. When this happens, the condition is called aortic valve stenosis. The heart has to work harder to pump blood into the body’s main artery, called the aorta.
Detailed explanation-3: -Tricuspid valve or right atrioventricular valve, between the right atrium and right ventricle. Mitral valve or bicuspid valve, between the left atrium and left ventricle.
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