Anatomy
pulmonary valve
pul·mo·nar·y valve [ puhl-muh-ner-ee, poo l- valv ]
Subclass of:
Heart Valves
Definitions related to pulmonary valve:
  • (valve, pulmonary) A cardiac valve located between the right atrium and the pulmonary artery.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • A valve situated at the entrance to the pulmonary trunk from the right ventricle.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • A valve that is located between and controls the flow of blood from the right ventricle of the heart and the pulmonary artery.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Cardiac valve which has as its parts the right anterior, left anterior and posterior cusps, attached to the fibrous ring of pulmonary valve.
    Foundational Model of Anatomy
    University of Washington, 2017
  • The pulmonic valve divides the right ventricular outflow tract from the pulmonary artery. In normal conditions, the pulmonic valve prevents regurgitation of deoxygenated blood from the pulmonary artery back to the right ventricle.
    Medscape
    WebMD, 2025
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