tricuspid
IPA: traɪkˈʌspʌd
noun
- A molar tooth that has three cusps
adjective
- (dentistry) Having three cusps, e.g. a molar tooth
- (anatomy) Describing the valve, between the right atrium and ventricle of the heart, that has three triangular segments
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Examples of "tricuspid" in Sentences
- Not all babies with tricuspid atresia require prostaglandin.
- An abnormal valve that tends to leak (Doctors call this an “Ebstein-like” tricuspid valve.)
- The pulsation may be described as tricuspid; that is, it consists of a strong beat, preceded and followed by lesser beats.
- Single ventricle defects include hypoplastic left heart syndrome, tricuspid atresia, double inlet left ventricle, some heterotaxy defects and others.
- Any of the above operations may also have to include replacement of the leaky tricuspid valve with an artificial valve, and insertion of a pacemaker.
- In a normal heart, two valves separate the upper and lower chambers of the heart: the tricuspid valve separates the right chambers and the mitral valve the left.
- Children with tricuspid atresia always have an atrial septal defect, a hole between the right atrium and left atrium, so that oxygen-poor and oxygen-rich blood (blue and pink blood) mix inside of the heart.
- The valve on the right side is called the tricuspid, because it consists of three little folds which fall over the opening and close it, being kept from falling too far by a number of slender threads called chordæ tendinæ.
- Some babies with tricuspid atresia are too “pink” or have too much blood-flow to the lungs, and will require an operation called “pulmonary artery banding” to narrow the pulmonary artery and regulate blood flow to the lungs.
- The valve which guards the entrance into the right ventricle is called tricuspid, and consists of three flaps attached by delicate tendinous cords in such a way as to hinder the tending backwards of the flaps into the right auricle, and so allowing the blood to flow back into that chamber.
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