VALVULAR PLATE
\vˈalvjʊlə plˈe͡ɪt], \vˈalvjʊlə plˈeɪt], \v_ˈa_l_v_j_ʊ_l_ə p_l_ˈeɪ_t]\
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The valvular curtain of the fetal heart; a valvelike growth which fills up the fossa ovalis in the fourth month of intra-uterine life, allowing the blood to flow from the right into the left auricle, but preventing a current in the reverse direction.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).