valvula

American  

[val-vyuh-luh] / ˈvæl vyə lə /

noun

Anatomy.

plural

valvulae

1. a small valve or valvule.

2. a cusp of certain valves, as the aortic valve.

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Etymology

Origin of valvula

1605–15; < New Latin; Latin valv ( a ) valve + -ula -ule

Example Sentences

It receives the three great venous trunks of the body, namely the vena cava superior dextra, the vena cava superior sinistra more dorsally, and the vena cava inferior more to the right and below; the opening of the last is guarded by two prominent valves in place of the mammalian valvula Eustachii.

From Project Gutenberg

The communication with the atrium is guarded by a valvula cardiaca dextra, which only in function represents the mammalian tricuspid; it consists of an oblique reduplication of the muscular fibres together with the endocardiac lining of the right ventricle, while the opposite wall is convex and forms neither a velum nor papillary muscles, nor chordae tendineae.

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On the 22d of July, 1703, the wife was inspected by the said physicians and surgeons and by two matrons; the result of which was that they observed no visciousness of conformation in her womb: the valvula were circular and the carunclæ myrtiformes, placed in the neck of the vagina, were soft, supple, flexible, entire, and did not seem to have suffered any violence or displacing, and the cavity of the womb-pipe was free and without any obstacle.

From Project Gutenberg

The valvulæ conniventes commence with the jejunum; these are longitudinal, and extend to within about 6 inches of the anus, terminating at a point where the intestine seems enlarged.

From Project Gutenberg

The inner coat of a large part of the small intestine is thrown into numerous transverse folds called valvulæ conniventes.

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