Medical Definition of Valve of pulmonary trunk

1. The heart valve that divides the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery. The pulmonic valve opens when the right ventricle contracts allowing blood to flow into the pulmonary artery. The pulmonic valve on closure prohibits the backwash of unoxygenated blood into the right ventricle. The pulmonic valve has 3 valve cusps. (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Valve Of Pulmonary Trunk

valvar
valvasor
valvasors
valvata
valvate
valve
valve-in-head engine
valve-shell
valve of Vieussens
valve of coronary sinus
valve of foramen ovale
valve of inferior vena cava
valve of navicular fossa
valve of oval foramen
valve of pulmonary trunk (current term)
valve of vermiform appendix
valve oil
valve oils
valve rocker
valve train
valved
valveless
valvelet
valvelets
valvelike
valves
valvetrain
valvetrains
valviform

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