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How does the bicuspid valve close and open?

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What happens when the ventricular walls contracts?

The bicuspid valve opens and the tricuspid valve closes.


When the left ventricle contracts does the bicuspid valve open or close?

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Bicuspid and tricuspid valves open in what direction?

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The human heart has both Tricuspid and a Bicuspid Valve. The Bicuspid Valve is more commonly know as the Aortic Valve. All that bicuspid means is that there are only 2 leaflets in the valve instead of the normal three leaflets that would be found in the tricuspid valve or the mitral valve.


Blood flow from the mitral valve to the bicuspid valve?

The mitral and bicuspid valves are the same thing.


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Atrioventricular valve in the left ventricle called the bicuspid valve?

The atrioventricular valve on the left side of the heart is the bicuspid or mitral valve. The AV valve on the right is the tricuspid.


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What AV valve has two flaps?

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