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The AV or atrioventricular valves are the valves which separate the upper chambers (the atria) from the lower chambers (ventricles) of the heart.

The AV valve on the left side of the heart is known as the left atrioventricular (AV) valve or the mitral valve.

The AV valve on the right side of the heart is known as the right atrioventricular (AV) valve or the tricuspid valve.

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The left AV (atrioventricular) valve, in your perspective, is actually located on the right side of the heart (just as stage directions are in the point of view of the actors, anatomical terms and directions are in the point of view of the onlooker). It is, as the name suggests, in between the left atrium and the left ventricle.

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AV stands for atrioventricular valve. It is the name for the valves the separate the atria and venctricles. This includes the mitral (bicuspid) and tricuspid valves.

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Atrioventricular valves allow blood to pass through to the ventricles.

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to allow blood to flow from the atria into the ventricles and to prevent the blood from flowing back into the atria while the ventricles contract

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