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All the heart valves close in order to prevent the back flow of blood, including semilunar valve.

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Q: Why does the aortic semilunar valve close?
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What cause the semilunar valves to close?

what cause the aortic semilunar valve to close...greater pressure in the aorta than in the left ventricle


What valve is at the entrance to the aorta?

The heart pumps blood from the left ventricle through the aortic semilunar valve into the Aorta.


What heart valve is located between the left ventricle and the aorta?

the aortic valveThe Aortic valveThe aortic semilunar valve lies between the left ventricle and the aorta.


How do you auscultate the aortic semilunar valve?

The aortic semilunar valve is auscultated by placing a stethoscope next to the sternum in the second intercostal space.


What comes after the aortic semilunar valve?

The blood flows through the aorta after exiting the left ventricle through the aortic valve.


Where is the aortic valve?

The aortic semilunar valve is located between the left ventricle and the aorta.


What causes the aortic semilunar valve to close?

Higher pressure on the convex side (from the heart contracting) than the concave side causes them to open. When the pressure reverses (the heart relaxes) they close.


What valve prevents blood back flow from aorta to left ventricle?

Pulmonary semilunar valve (pulmonary valve)


This heart chamber pumps blood through the aortic semilunar valve?

pulmonary semilunar valve


Valve preventing backflow into ventricles?

there r two valves: aortic semilunar valve and pulmonary semilunar valve


What valve is the gatekeeper to the systemic circuit?

Aortic Semilunar Valve


What name is given to the aortic and pulmonary valves?

The aortic valve and pulmonary valve are collectively referred to as the semilunar valves due to their semilunar shape. These valves are located between the ventricles and the major arteries of the heart.