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valve (valv) a membranous fold in a canal or passage that prevents backward flow of material passing through it.

Valves of the heart.

aortic valve that guarding the entrance to the aorta from the left ventricle.

artificial cardiac valve a substitute, mechanical or composed of tissue, for a cardiac valve.

atrioventricular valves the valves between the right atrium and right ventricle (tricuspid v. ) and the left atrium and left ventricle (mitral v. ).

Béraud's valve a fold of mucous membrane sometimes occurring at the beginning of the nasolacrimal duct.

bicuspid valve mitral v.

bileaflet valve a heart valve prosthesis consisting of a circular sewing ring to which are attached two semicircular occluding disks that swing open and closed to regulate blood flow.

bioprosthetic valve an artificial cardiac valve composed of biological tissue, usually porcine.

caged-ball valve a heart valve prosthesis comprising a sewing ring attached to a cage composed of curved struts that contains a free-floating ball.

cardiac valves those controlling the flow of blood through and from the heart.

coronary valve that at the entrance of the coronary sinus into the right atrium.

flail mitral valve a cardiac valve having a cusp that has lost its normal support (as in ruptured chordae tendineae) and flutters in the blood stream.

Houston's valves permanent transverse folds, usually numbering three, in the rectum.

ileocecal valve , ileocolic valve that guarding the opening between the ileum and cecum.

mitral valve that between the left atrium and left ventricle, usually having two cusps (anterior and posterior).

pulmonary valve that at the entrance of the pulmonary trunk from the right ventricle.

pyloric valve a prominent fold of mucous membrane at the pyloric orifice of the stomach.

semilunar valve one having semilunar cusps, i.e., the aortic and pulmonary valves; sometimes used to designate the semilunar cusps composing these valves.

thebesian valve coronary v.

tilting-disk valve a heart valve prosthesis consisting of a sewing ring and a valve housing containing a suspended disk that swings between open and closed positions.

tricuspid valve that guarding the opening between the right atrium and right ventricle.

ureteral valve a congenital transverse fold across the lumen of the ureter, composed of redundant mucosa made prominent by circular muscle fibers; it usually disappears in time but may rarely cause urinary obstruction.

bioprosthetic valve

Surgery An implanted device of nonsynthetic origin designed to replace a defective heart valve; porcine BV, are less thrombogenic than mechanical valves, but are more prone to structural degeneration, limiting their durability. See Heart-valve prosthesis.