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Mitral valve Mitral valve
bicuspid valve (left atrioventricular valve; mitral valve) A valve, consisting of two flaps, situated between the left atrium and the left ventricle of the heart of birds and mammals. When the left ventricle contracts, forcing blood into the aorta, the bicuspid valve closes the aperture to the left... Read more
Tricuspid valve Tricuspid valve
tricuspid valve (right atrioventricular valve) A valve, consisting of three flaps, situated between the right atrium and the right ventricle of the mammalian heart. When the right ventricle contracts, forcing blood into the pulmonary artery, the tricuspid valve closes the aperture to the atrium,... Read more
Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome
Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome Definition Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome is an abnormality in the electrical functioning of the heart which may cause rapid heart rates. The abnormality affects the electrical signal between the atria and ventricles. Description Blood is circulated through the... Read more
Heart rate Heart rate
cardiac cycle The series of muscular contractions which squeeze blood through the heart. In Amphibia and higher vertebrates, blood is pumped through a double circulatory system. The right side of the heart pumps blood through the pulmonary circuit to reach the lungs, the left side pumps oxygenated... Read more
Atrial Septal Defect Atrial Septal Defect
Atrial septal defect Definition An atrial septal defect (ASD) is an abnormal opening in the muscular wall separating the left and right upper chambers (atria) of the heart. Description During normal development of the fetal heart, there is an opening in the wall (septum)... Read more
atrium atrium
atrium , term for an interior court in Roman domestic architecture and also for a type of entrance court in early Christian churches. The Roman atrium was an unroofed or partially roofed area with rooms opening from it. In early times its center held a cooking hearth. After the 2d cent. BC, when the... Read more
Norman Robert Lord Foster of Thames Bank Foster Norman Robert Lord Foster of Thames Bank Foster
Norman Robert Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank 1935-, British architect, b. Manchester, grad. Manchester Univ. school of architecture (1961), Yale school of architecture (M.A., 1962). Foster and three other architects formed the influential Team 4, working from 1963 to 1967, when he established... Read more
Myxoma Myxoma
Myxoma Definition A myxoma is a rare, usually noncancerous, primary tumor (a new growth of tissue) of the heart. It is the most common of all benign heart tumors. Description Myxoma is an intracardiac tumor; it is found inside the heart. Seventy five percent of all myxomas are found in the left... Read more
Heart valve replacement Heart valve replacement
Mitral valve replacement Definition Mitral valve replacement is a surgical procedure in which the diseased mitral valve of the heart is replaced by a mechanical or biological tissue valve. Purpose The mitral valve can become diseased, preventing it from adequately controlling the direction of the... Read more
ventricle ventricle
ventricle 1. A chamber of the heart that receives blood from an atrium and pumps it into the arterial system. Amphibians and fish have a single ventricle, but mammals, birds, and reptiles have two, pumping deoxygenated blood to the lungs and oxygenated blood to the rest of the body, respectively. 2.... Read more

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