Terminology Service for NFDI4Health
aortic valve
Go to external page
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002137
Cardiac valve which has as its parts the anterior, right posterior and left posterior cusps, attached to the fibrous ring of aortic valve.[FMA] [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aortic_valve ]
Term info
Label
aortic valve
Subsets
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim
comment
Human variation: It is normally tricuspid (with three leaflets), although in 1% of the population it is found to be congenitally bicuspid (two leaflets)
depicted by
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/20/Diagram_of_the_human_heart_%28cropped%29.svg
external definition
The valve between the left ventricle of the heart and the ascending aorta, consisting of three semilunar cusps. [TFD][VHOG]
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
valva aortae
id
UBERON:0002137