TYPES OF HEART VALVES

• Atrioventricular Valve - located between each atrium and ventricle
• Tricuspid valve - AV Valve between the right atrium and the right ventricle. It is composed of three cusps or flaps of tissue.
• Bicuspid valve / Mitral valve - AV valve between the left atrium and left ventricle. It is composed of two cusps
• Semilunar valve - located between each ventricle and its associated great artery
• Pulmonary semilunar valve - located between the right ventricle and the pulmonary trunk
• Aortic semilunar valve - located between the left ventricle and aorta

   
• Papillary muscles - cone-shaped muscular pillars
• Cordae tendineae - PMs are attached to these thin, strong, connective tissue strings to the free margins of the cusps of the atrioventricular valves.
• Cardiac skeleton / Fibrous skeleton - a plate of connective tissue that consists mainly of fibrous rings that surround the atrioventricular and semilunar valves and give them solid support.