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The tricuspid and mitral valves are known as the
a. chordae tendineae.
b. semilunar valves.
c. coronary valves.
d. atrioventricular (AV) valves.
a)chordae tendineae is thread like band of fibrous tissue that attach one end to edge of tricuspid and mitral valve of heart and on the other end to papillary muscle . Therefore this option is not correct .
b)semilunar valve are pocket like structures attached at the point at which the pulmonary artery and the aorta leave the ventricles. Therefore this option is incorrect
c)coronary valves are valve at the entrance of the coronary sinus into the right atrium. That control flow of blood through and from the heart. Therefore this option also incorrect.
d) Atrioventricular valve they lie between the atria and the ventricles of the heart.The mitral valve and the tricuspid valve are known collectively as the atrioventricular valves .This is correct option .
Hence the correct answer is option (d) tricuspid valve and mitral valve is called atrio ventricular valve because they lie between atria and ventricle.