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Left atrioventricular orifice

Anatomical feature of the human heart From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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The left atrioventricular orifice (left atrioventricular opening or mitral orifice) is placed below and to the left of the aortic orifice.

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It is a little smaller than the corresponding aperture of the opposite side.

It is surrounded by a dense fibrous ring, covered by the lining membrane of the heart, and is reguarded as the bicuspid or mitral valve.

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Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 533 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)


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