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91valva aortae — [TA] aortic valve: the valve that guards the aortic orifice in the left ventricle of the heart and prevents backflow into the left ventricle; it is composed of three semilunar cusps or segments called the semilunar cusps of the aortic valve …
92valva atrioventricularis dextra — [TA] tricuspid valve: the valve between the right atrium and right ventricle of the heart; it usually has three cusps (anterior, posterior, and septal), but additional small cusps may be present. Called also v. tricuspidalis [TA alternative] and… …
93valva atrioventricularis sinistra — [TA] mitral valve: the valve between the left atrium and left ventricle of the heart; it usually has two cusps (anterior and posterior), but additional small cusps may be present. Called also v. mitralis [TA alternative] and left atrioventricular …
94valva mitralis — TA alternative for v. atrioventricularis sinistra …
95valva tricuspidalis — TA alternative for v. atrioventricularis dextra …
96valva trunci pulmonalis — [TA] valve of pulmonary trunk: the valve that guards the pulmonary orifice of the right ventricle of the heart and prevents backflow of blood into the ventricle; it is composed of three semilunar cusps or segments (semilunar cusps of pulmonary… …
97Dioceses of Valva and Sulmona — Dioceses of Valva and Sulmona † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Dioceses of Valva and Sulmona (VALVEN. ET SULMONEN.) Located in Italy; united aeque principaliter. Valva, a medieval castle belonging to the Bishop of Sulmona, Baron of Valva …
98Roman Catholic Diocese of Sulmona-Valva — The diocese of Sulmona Valva is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in central Italy, created in 1986. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of L Aquila. The diocese was created in 1818 when the diocese of Sulmona and the diocese of Valva… …
99Gate valva — Gate Gate (g[=a]t), n. [OE. [yogh]et, [yogh]eat, giat, gate, door, AS. geat, gat, gate, door; akin to OS., D., & Icel. gat opening, hole, and perh. to E. gate a way, gait, and get, v. Cf. {Gate} a way, 3d {Get}.] 1. A large door or passageway in… …
100Sebastiano d'Ayala Valva — Sebastiano d’Ayala Valva was born in London in 1978 to an Italian father and an English mother. He currently lives in Paris where he graduated at the prestigious Institut d’Etudes Politiques in 2003. He then took part to the production of short… …
