IGCSE/GCSE/O & A Level/IB/University Student Forum

Qualification => Subject Doubts => GCE AS & A2 Level => Sciences => Topic started by: winnie101 on May 13, 2010, 08:35:20 am

Title: AS bio CIE
Post by: winnie101 on May 13, 2010, 08:35:20 am

are aortic valves the same as semilunar valves

Title: Re: AS bio CIE
Post by: Sticky on May 13, 2010, 08:36:58 am

Please post here, https://studentforums.biz/index.php/topic,7622.0.html

thanks

Title: Re: AS bio CIE
Post by: XaM!! on May 13, 2010, 09:26:13 am

Quote from: winnie101 on May 13, 2010, 08:35:20 am

are aortic valves the same as semilunar valves

aorta dont have any valves..

Title: Re: AS bio CIE
Post by: Sticky on May 13, 2010, 09:46:19 am

no one said they have valves, its just another name given to bicuspid valve

Title: Re: AS bio CIE
Post by: tmisterr on May 13, 2010, 10:51:20 am

The aorta does have valves, semilunar valves to prevent blood flowing back into ventricles during ventricular diastole. so yes aortic valves are semilunar valves. bicuspid valves are atrioventricular valves, between the left atrium and left ventricle and is definitely not an aortic valve