Cardiac valve which has as its parts the anterior, right posterior and left posterior cusps, attached to the fibrous ring of aortic valve.[FMA] [ FMA:FMA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aortic_valve ]
Term information
- OpenCyc:Mx4rv5914JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA
- EHDAA2:0000134
- BTO:0004628
- null:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0003501
- EMAPA:17870
- NCIT:C12670
- EHDAA:4410
- null:http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/181287002
- MESH:D001021
- null:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aortic_valve
- UMLS:C0003501 (ncithesaurus:Aortic_Valve)
- VHOG:0000815
- MA:0000087
- FMA:7236
- galen:AorticValve
- EFO:0003879
- GAID:563
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim
Human variation: It is normally tricuspid (with three leaflets), although in 1% of the population it is found to be congenitally bicuspid (two leaflets)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/20/Diagram_of_the_human_heart_%28cropped%29.svg
The valve between the left ventricle of the heart and the ascending aorta, consisting of three semilunar cusps. [TFD][VHOG]