See Also: valve of foramen ovale(medicine)
foramen ovale(medicine)
Foramen Ovale(health)
venous plexus of foramen ovale(medicine)
surface envelope model(medicine)
valve of oval foramen(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Pulmonic Valve (also called pulmonary valve)(health)
Pityrosporum ovale(medicine)
centrum ovale(medicine)

surface envelope model (medicine) and valve of foramen ovale (medicine)


surface envelope model (medicine)


surface envelope model
<biology> A way of treating the hydrodynamics of a ciliary field by considering the whole surface of the ciliate to have an undulating surface. The undulations arise because of metachronism.


valve of foramen ovale (medicine)


valve of foramen ovale


A fold projecting into the left atrium from the margin of the foramen ovale in the foetus; when, with beginning inspiration, the blood pressure within the left atrium increases, the valve closes and its edges become adherent to the margin of the foramen ovale, occluding it.

Synonym: valvula foraminis ovalis, falx septi, valve of oval foramen.