atrioventricular valve

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   either of two heart valves through which blood flows from the atria to the ventricles; prevents return of blood to the atrium

   Broaderheart valve

   Narrowermitral valvetricuspid valve

   Partspapillary muscle

Questions about atrioventricular valve

What does atrioventricular valve mean?

atrioventricular valve means "either of two heart valves through which blood flows from the atria to the ventricles; prevents return of blood to the atrium".

Is atrioventricular valve a common word?

atrioventricular valve is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.