The atrioventricular valve acts as a control device between the atria and the ventricles. They prevent blood from moving back into the atria during contraction.
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.
one has three cusps (tri) and the other has two (bi)
left atrioventricular valve and left mitral valve
Right atrioventricular valve
The right atrioventricular valve.
The Tricuspid valve
Mitral Valve
the right atrioventricular valve
Its called the atrioventricular valve or just AV valve
the right AV valve
The bicuspid valve.
Another name for the right atrioventricular valve is the tricuspid valve. (3 -tri- on the right; 2 on the left/mitral valve)