Heart valve
A heart valve normally allows blood to flow in only one direction through the heart.
| Heart valves | |
|---|---|
 Valves of the heart in motion, the front wall of the heart is removed in this image. | |
| Details | |
| System | Cardiovascular |
| Identifiers | |
| TH | |
| TE | |
| FMA | |
| Anatomical terminology | |
The four valves are commonly represented in a mammalian heart that determines the pathway of blood flow through the heart.
A heart valve opens or closes incumbent on differential blood pressure on each side.[1][2][3]
Heart Valve Media
Structure of the heart valves
Blood flow through the valves
Wiggers diagram, showing various events during a cardiac cycle, with closures and openings of the aortic and mitral marked in the pressure curves.
Illustration of the valves of the heart when the ventricles are contracting.
References
This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)[where?]
- ↑ Heart Valves. American Heart Association, Inc – 10000056 Heart and Stroke EncyclopediaAmerican Heart Association, Inc. Retrieved 2010-08-05.
- ↑ Klabunde, RE. Pressure Gradients. Cardiovascular Physiology Concepts (2009-07-02)Richard E. Klabunde. Retrieved 2010-08-06.
- ↑ Klabunde, RE. Cardiac Valve Disease. Cardiovascular Physiology Concepts (2007-04-05)Richard E. Klabunde. Retrieved 2010-08-06.
