bicuspid
ending in two points such as a bicuspid heart valve, or bicuspid tooth
Source: Noland, George B. 1983. General Biology, 11th Edition. St. Louis, MO. C. V. Mosby ...
Bicuspid aortic valve. Up to 15% of adults with Turner syndrome have bicuspid aortic valves, meaning that there are only two, instead of three, parts to the valves in the main blood vessel leading from the heart.
bicuspid bi = two; cuspi = point.
biennial Plant that completes its life cycle within two growing seasons; example: carrot.
big bang The theory proposing that the entire universe was created at one time.
The bicuspid or mitral valve (valvula bicuspidalis [metralis]) (Figs. 495, 496) is attached to the circumference of the left atrioventricular orifice in the same way that the tricuspid valve is on the opposite side.
Blood flows through the mitral valve (also known as the bicuspid valve) into the left ventricle.
Contraction of the ventricle closes the mitral valve and opens the aortic valve at the entrance to the aorta.
Of the eight teeth on each half of e 1000 ach jaw, the two in front are incisors, then come one canine, cuspid, or dog tooth, two bicuspids, or false molars, and three molars, or grinding teeth.
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