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The mitral valve is closed when the left ventricle is contracting.

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When is the mitral valve normally closed?

The mitral valve, also called the AV valve, closes during ventricular systole, which is one of the part of the cardiac cycle. When the atria contracts (atrial systole), the ventricules fill with blood, causing the mitral valve to close in order to avoid the blood from flowing back into the atrium. Hope it helps!!


What is the medical term meaning backflow of blood through the mitral valve?

Mitral regurgitation is backflow of blood through the mitral valve.


How do heart attacks affect the mitral valve?

Heart attacks that damage the structures that support the mitral valve are a common cause of mitral valve insufficiency. Myxomatous degeneration can cause a "floppy" mitral valve that leaks.


2 other names for the bicuspid valve?

left atrioventricular valve and left mitral valve


What is the medical term meaning narrowing of the mitral valve?

Mitral stenosis is the medical term meaning narrowing of the mitral valve.


Another name for the left AV valve?

The left atrioventricular valve is also known as the mitral valve.


What is the valve in the heart?

Mitral valve


Abnormal narrowing of the opening of the mitral valve is known as mitral?

Mitral stenosis


Who gets mitral valve stenosis?

Twice as many women as men are affected by mitral valve stenosis. About 60% of patients with mitral valve stenosis have had rheumatic fever.


Blood flow from the mitral valve to the bicuspid valve?

The mitral and bicuspid valves are the same thing.


Located between left upper and lower chambers of the heart?

Mitral valve


A valve in the heart that guards the opening between the left atrium and the left ventricle that prevents the blood in the ventricle from returning to the atrium?

The Mitral valve.