Mitral Valve - Additional Images

Additional Images

  • Section of the heart showing the ventricular septum. (Bicuspid valve visible at center.)

  • Front of thorax, showing surface relations of bones, lungs (purple), pleura (blue), and heart (red outline). Heart valves are labeled with "B", "T", "A", and "P".

  • Apical view of valves

  • Cross-sectional view of mitral valve between left atrium (upper chamber) and left ventricle (lower chamber), which shows parts of walls of left atrium and left ventricle that are next to the mitral valve.

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