As title.What's an easy way to remember: mitral valve leaflets are anterior and posterior leaflets; tricuspid leaflets are anterior, posterior, and septal (medial); aortic valve leaflets are left, right, posterior leaflets; pulmonary valve leaflets are left, right, anterior leaflets?It's easy to remember all but one valve (mitral) have three leaflets each. Physically aortic root sits behind pulmonary trunk, I guess that makes it easy to remember aortic valve has left, right, Posterior; and that pulmonary valve has left, right, anterior leaflets. Where I'm running out of ideas now is how to remember tricuspid has anterior, posterior and septal leaflets... Please help.Thanks.
The tricuspid valve has three leaflets which are thin and membranous with commissures that appear more like indentations than true commissures. The TV apparatus is similar to the mitral valve but has greater variability and thinner leaflets. The three leaflets are the anterior, septal and posterior leaflets, with the anterior and septal being larger than the posterior leaflet. TV= tricuspid valve tri-cuspid=3(three leaflets) leaflets=3leaflets Tricuspid: Having three flaps or cusps. The valve that is called the tricuspid valve is situated between the right atrium and right ventricle and permits blood to flow only from the atrium into the ventricle. The aortic valve in the heart also has three cusps. Tricuspid valve (Anat.), the valve, consisting of three triangular membranous flaps, at the opening of the right auricle into the right ventricle in the heart of most mammals; -- sometimes called the tricuspid valves, each flap being regarded as a valve. Take care as always
