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Semilunar Valve

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Noun

1. semilunar valve

a heart valve with cusps shaped like half-moons; prevents blood from flowing back into the heart

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Semilunar Valve

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noun
anatomy
either of two crescent-shaped valves, one in the aorta and one in the pulmonary artery, that prevent regurgitation of blood into the heart

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Semilunar Valve

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either of two crescent-shaped heart valves, one, a pulmonary valve, at the junction of the right ventricle and pulmonary artery, the other, an aortic valve, at the junction of the left ventricle and aorta, which keep blood from flowing back into the ventricles

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Semilunar Valve

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n.
Either of two valves, one located at the opening of the aorta and the other at the opening of the pulmonary artery, each consisting of three crescent-shaped cusps and serving to prevent blood from flowing back into the ventricles.

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