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Pulmonary valve
Semilunar valve of the heart / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The pulmonary valve (sometimes referred to as the pulmonic valve) is a valve of the heart that lies between the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery, and has three cusps. It is one of the four valves of the heart and one of the two semilunar valves, the other being the aortic valve. Similar to the aortic valve,[1] the pulmonary valve opens in ventricular systole when the pressure in the right ventricle rises above the pressure in the pulmonary artery. At the end of ventricular systole, when the pressure in the right ventricle falls rapidly, the pressure in the pulmonary artery closes the pulmonary valve.
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Pulmonary valve | |
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![]() Anterior (frontal) view of the opened heart. White arrows indicate normal blood flow. | |
![]() Heart seen from above. | |
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Latin | valva trunci pulmonalis |
MeSH | D011664 |
TA98 | A12.1.02.010 |
TA2 | 4008 |
FMA | 7246 |
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The closure of the pulmonary valve contributes to the P2 component of the second heart sound (S2).[2]