The cusps of the heart valves serve to seal the heart valves when closed. There are three cusps for each valve except for the mitral valve, which has only two (hence its alternate name, "bicuspid valve").

"Nodules" are located at the tip of the valve, to form a tighter seal.

Semilunar valves

Cusps of heart valves

• pulmonary valve^[1]
  • "right cusp"
  • "left cusp"
  • "anterior cusp"

• aortic valve^[2]. (Note that one is absent in the condition bicuspid aortic valve.)
  • "right cusp"
  • "left cusp"
  • "posterior cusp" (or "noncoronary cusp")

Atrioventricular valves

• tricuspid valve
  • "anterior cusp" (or "infundibular cusp")
  • "posterior cusp" (or "marginal cusp")
  • "septal cusp" (or "medial cusp")

• mitral valve
  • "anterior cusp"
  • "posterior cusp"

References

1. ↑ - "Heart: The Pulmonic Valve"
2. ↑ - "Heart: The Aortic Valve and Aortic Sinuses"

External links

• - "Valves of the heart."

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