semilunar valves


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semilunar valves

The crescent-shaped valves, each having three cusps, situated one at the beginning of the AORTA and the other at the origin of the PULMONARY ARTERY. These valves allow blood to flow only in a direction away from the heart.
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The semilunar valves are formed from three small tubercles of tissue that are (overriding), a small pulmonary outflow tract, and the inability of the ventricular septum to close.
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