Anatomy
aortic valve
a·or·tic valve [ ey-awr-tik valv ]
Subclass of:
Heart Valves
Definitions related to aortic valve:
  • (valve, aortic) A cardiac valve located between the left ventricle and the aorta.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • A valve on the left side of the heart that acts as a one-way gate, opening to allow blood to leave the left ventricle and closing to prevent blood from leaking back into that ventricle.
    Harvard Dictionary of Health Terms
    Harvard Medical Publishing, 2011
  • A valve that is located between and controls the flow of blood from the left ventricle of the heart and the aorta.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Cardiac valve which has as its parts the anterior, right posterior and left posterior cusps, attached to the fibrous ring of aortic valve.
    Foundational Model of Anatomy
    University of Washington, 2017
  • The valve between the left ventricle and the ascending aorta which prevents backflow into the left ventricle.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • Valve between the left ventricle and the ascending aorta which prevents backflow into the left ventricle.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • The normal human heart contains 4 valves that regulate blood flow into and out of the heart. The aortic and pulmonic valves are known as the semilunar valves, whereas the tricuspid and mitral valves are referred to as the atrioventricular valves.
    Medscape
    WebMD, 2025
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