posterior cusp of tricuspid valve

posterior cusp of tricuspid valve

[TA]

the medium-sized and most dorsally placed of the three leaflets that come together during ventricular systole to close the right atrioventricular orifice.

Synonym(s): cuspis posterior valvae atrioventricularis dextrae [TA], cuspis posterior valvae tricuspidalis ☆ , posterior cusp of right atrioventricular valve ☆