semilunar
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Closing of the semilunar valves produces a monosyllabic “dup” sound.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
At the base of the pulmonary trunk is the pulmonary semilunar valve, which prevents backflow of blood into the right ventricle during ventricular diastole.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The semilunar valves close to prevent backflow into the heart.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
As pressure in the ventricles rises above two major arteries, blood pushes open the two semilunar valves and moves into the pulmonary trunk and aorta in the ventricular ejection phase.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Sedillot makes a semilunar or ovoid flap, the base of which is just below the great trochanter, and which includes it, the convexity being upwards and the flap being turned down.
From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Joseph Bell
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